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Growing in prayer – part 1
Articles | 11.01.2026
We begin the new year with a focus on deepening our prayer life.
Looking back, looking forward
Articles | 28.12.2025
Our chief executive Richard Fisher looks back on 2025 in thankfulness and forward to 2026 in hope and anticipation.
Christmas greetings
Articles | 21.12.2025
Maggi Dawn invites us to rethink those Christmas card images and look afresh at that snowy stable scene.
The hope of glory
Articles | 14.12.2025
Angela Tilby offers Advent reflections on ‘The hope of glory’.
Dreaming of a Green Christmas
Articles | 07.12.2025
Olivia Warburton offers tips and tricks for busy families yearning for a greener, more sustainable Christmas.
Making good decisions, part 2
Articles | 25.06.2023
Our new title for June is Good Call: learning to make decisions with God. In the second article by the authors, Peter Wilkinson describes how he chose between the ‘myriad opportunities’ which arose when he retired.
Making good decisions, part 1
Articles | 18.06.2023
Our new title for June is Good Call: Learning to make decisions with God. In the first of two articles by the authors, Iain Dunbar shares an example from his own experience.
Prayers in Patagonia
Articles | 11.06.2023
Wild Church pioneer Sue Morton concludes our series on this year’s Festival of Prayer theme – Prayer as a way of life – with a Chilean adventure.
We need you! Celebrating our volunteers
Articles | 04.06.2023
To mark this year’s national Volunteers’ Week we give thanks for all BRF’s volunteers, and meet one of them – John Ellis, our newly recruited local church champion in Grimsby.
Connecting with God outdoors
Articles | 28.05.2023
Alison Morgan shares how she learned to pray in and through creation, in the second of our articles linked to this year’s Festival of Prayer theme, ‘Prayer as a way of life’.
Prayer as a way of life
Articles | 21.05.2023
Festival of Prayer keynote speaker David Runcorn introduces our series of three articles linked to the festival theme – prayer as a way of life – with a powerful, and topical, rereading of the Genesis creation story.
Spirit-enabled learning
Articles | 14.05.2023
As we look to Ascension Day and Pentecost, Christina Baxter, former vice chair of BRF trustees, closes our series on lifelong learning with a reflection on the crucial role of the Holy Spirit.
Learning in later life
Articles | 07.05.2023
After our coronation reflection last week, we return to the second of our articles on lifelong learning with Julia Burton-Jones, training and development lead for Anna Chaplaincy for Older People.
The coronation: rooted in faith
Articles | 30.04.2023
Gordon Giles reflects on the deep biblical roots of the coronation rites and symbols.
Lifelong learning
Articles | 23.04.2023
What does the phrase ‘lifelong learning’ mean to you? Read this week’s article by Valerie Hobbs and see if it challenges, changes or confirms what you think.