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Each week we post an article that is designed as a ‘thought for the week.’ It is often related to something current, topical or seasonal. Written by our authors and staff, these five-minute reads encourage Biblical reflection and Christian action.

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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.

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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.

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Christmas greetings

Articles | 21.12.2025

Maggi Dawn invites us to rethink those Christmas card images and look afresh at that snowy stable scene.

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The hope of glory

Articles | 14.12.2025

Angela Tilby offers Advent reflections on ‘The hope of glory’.

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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.

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Sharing the story, in thanksgiving and celebration

Articles | 24.04.2022

This week’s article is taken from our online centenary service…

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An idle tale – an Easter Day reflection

Articles | 17.04.2022

Our Easter Day reflection is by Sally Welch, author of numerous books for BRF and former editor of our New Daylight Bible reading notes...

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‘Hosanna! Save, now!’ A cry for Ukraine

Articles | 10.04.2022

Our article for Palm Sunday is a timely, moving and thought-provoking reflection by Holy Habits founder, Andrew Roberts...

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Exploring the riches of the BRF Resource hub

Articles | 03.04.2022

To highlight the value of BRF's Resource hub, we talk to Stephen Finamore about his new 16-part series, 'Romans Unwrapped', the first chapter of which is now available...

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Mothering Sunday

Articles | 27.03.2022

We mark Mothering Sunday with an edited extract from Rachel Turner’s timely new book Comfort in Uncertain Times: Helping children draw close to God through biblical stories of anxiety, loss and transition...

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Messy Church – getting together, making a difference

Articles | 20.03.2022

In advance of the Messy Church – Making a Difference conference in May, this week’s article highlights the blessings and joys of gathering together in person after two long years apart...

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Caterpillars or butterflies?

Articles | 13.03.2022

In the second of our two articles on hope and justice in a broken world, Michele D. Morrison asks a question of us all…

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Hope in a broken world

Articles | 06.03.2022

In the first of two articles linking the themes of hope and justice in a post-Covid world, BRF author Ian Cowley offers a South African perspective...

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Crisis in Ukraine

Articles | 27.02.2022

In the light of current events in Ukraine, David Kerrigan, author of Prince of Peace in a World of Wars, reflects on how Christians might respond to such shocking and alarming events… (photo: OSCE, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

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The power of story

Articles | 20.02.2022

Regular visitors to this site will know that the theme of BRF’s centenary year is ‘Sharing the story’. Now, in the last of our articles connected with BRF’s appearance on BBC One’s Songs of Praise, we meet the programme researcher, Sam Lumley...

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