Listen again to BBC Radio Ulster Thought For The Day The Book of Proverbs is just full of practical wisdom. King Solomon who wrote them was famed for his wise judgments. One day two...

Listen again to BBC Radio Ulster Thought For The Day Have you ever heard any of these sayings: – “Am I my brother’s keeper?” “Land of milk and honey”, “A man after my own...

Listen to Thought for the Day on BBC Sounds. How can any of us ever forget those words of Her Majesty the Queen at Dublin Castle 11 years ago when she stunned all present...

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...