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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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My locked-down year

Articles | 28.02.2021

Dylan Heydon-Matterface, 16, who has helped to organise online gatherings for Messy Church young leaders, writes movingly about his experience of lockdown...

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An invitation this Lent to ‘come and see’

Articles | 21.02.2021

One of the most influential Christians of all time started his journey by responding to the invitation to 'come and see'. This Lent, the Archbishop of York invites us to do the same…

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Finding new vistas without leaving home

Articles | 14.02.2021

Gordon Giles offers us new vistas without leaving our front door, as we view God through the ‘windows’ of everyday fixtures, fittings, furniture and other objects found in our homes...

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Living with loss

Articles | 07.02.2021

In light of the recent grim milestone of 100,000 Covid deaths in the UK, the authors of Seriously Messy challenge us to not avoid discussing death...

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Where people walk in darkness

Articles | 31.01.2021

Christine Seth-Smith, an Anna Chaplain in the diocese of Rochester, offers some reflections based on the sermon she will be delivering today...

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What’s in the Bible for me?

Articles | 24.01.2021

For the third in our series on getting to know the Bible better, we turn to Messy Church founder Lucy Moore’s brilliant romp through the entire story from Genesis to Revelation in 50 bite-sized chapters: What’s in the Bible (for me)?...

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How to read the gospel of John

Articles | 17.01.2021

Our second article on getting to know the Bible better focuses on John’s gospel, with the help of a pocket-sized guide by Robert Willoughby, Really Useful Guides: John…

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How to read the Bible

Articles | 10.01.2021

Could 2021 be the year you get to know your Bible better? In a new series of articles we’ll be giving tips, highlighting resources and offering encouragement, beginning with ‘How to read the Bible’…

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Looking back and looking forward

Articles | 27.12.2020

Richard Fisher, BRF’s chief executive, offers a personal reflection in this pause, as a year of great change draws to a close and a new year begins…

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Small is beautiful – as Christmas shows us

Articles | 20.12.2020

In a Christmas season where large gatherings are banned, Colin Fletcher, chair of BRF’s board of trustees, recalls how small things in God’s hands become great...

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