Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. The serene final words of poet Seamus Heaney, to his wife Marie, were “Noli Temere”. Latin for ‘Do not be afraid’. The Bible urges us...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. I don’t know how you are with abbreviations. Whether you like them or loath them. We use them all the time for better or for...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. A long time ago, God’s people faced an enormous problem. The problem was huge. Giant!- And the giant’s name was ‘Goliath’! The Philistines had come...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. Today is Friday 13th. A day filled with mild anxiety for some, and more serious concerns for others, given centuries’ old legends surrounding it. The...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. Today is Yom Kippur. The most holy day in the Hebrew calendar. Traditionally on this Day of Atonement the story of Jonah is read. In...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. At Harvest Thanksgiving a popular hymn begins:- “We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land, but it is fed and watered...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. A few days ago there was a topical article in one of our regional newspapers in which a number of well known personalities shared their...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. One morning during our summer holidays my daughter and me were walking on Downhill beach when just below Mussenden Temple we came across a message...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. These past number of Friday mornings I’ve talked about various cups which have reminded me of different incidents in my life, happy and sad, good...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. In front of me as I speak this morning is a blue and white cup. It is part of a set by Masons in the...