Thought for the Day from Radio Ulster

Janni Knox, Tuesday 18th November 2025 18.11.2025 2:30 ↓

Exercise is associated with better health even if it doesn’t lead to weight loss...

Wallace Thompson, Monday 17th November 2025 17.11.2025 2:32 ↓

He has left us the Bible in our mother tongue.

Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Sunday 16th November 2025 16.11.2025 2:19 ↓

I decided that I ought to finish what I had started all those years ago...

Karen Jardine, Friday 14th November 2025 14.11.2025 2:29 ↓

Chasing knowledge, pursuing the news, can feel like chasing the wind.

Koulla Yiasouma, Thursday 13th November 2025 13.11.2025 2:05 ↓

Using language that is vivid will engage the listener.

Bishop Donal McKeown, Wednesday 12th November 2025 12.11.2025 2:35 ↓

I thank God for those who were gathered to share happy memories of our own school days.

Janni Knox, Tuesday 11th November 2025 11.11.2025 2:23 ↓

It may feel as though peace is slipping further from our grasp.

Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, Monday 10th November 2025 10.11.2025 2:28 ↓

My fear is that AI is corroding our young people's ability to think independently...

Wallace Thompson, Sunday 9th November 2025 09.11.2025 2:48 ↓

The childhood friends from those long-ago happy days fought together and died together.

Karen Jardine, Friday 7th November 2025 07.11.2025 2:11 ↓

Increasingly trenches are being replaced by computer screens.

Koulla Yiasouma, Thursday 6th November 2025 06.11.2025 2:16 ↓

Here were three competent women asserting their rights to live where they wanted to.

Bishop Donal McKeown, Wednesday 5th November 2025 05.11.2025 2:31 ↓

We live in an age where there is a huge variety of names given to children.

Rev Dr Julian Hamilton, Tuesday 4th November 2025 04.11.2025 2:13 ↓

Does anyone ‘remember remember the 4th November?’

Wallace Thompson, Monday, 3rd November 2025 03.11.2025 2:34 ↓

I remember thinking “It’d be a bad job if I fell in there” – and then I fell in.

David Brown, Sunday 2nd November 2025 02.11.2025 2:39 ↓

She handed me her phone and told me to ring home.

Karen Jardine, Friday 31st October 2025 31.10.2025 2:34 ↓

Generations will never have to endure the arm work-out that came with carving a turnip.

Sheena Bradley, Thursday 30th October 2025 30.10.2025 2:48 ↓

A whole chain of events kicks in to form a clot.

Bishop Donal McKeown, Wednesday 29th October 2025 29.10.2025 2:46 ↓

It has become the longest-running musical in the history of London’s theatreland.

Rev Dr Julian Hamilton, Tuesday 28th October 2025 28.10.2025 2:46 ↓

Strategy will always be beaten by the simple realties of being human.

Wallace Thompson, Monday 27th October 2025 27.10.2025 2:36 ↓

Like everything in life, social media has its pros and cons.

David Brown, Sunday 26th October 2025 26.10.2025 2:22 ↓

They are right though when they say that pride comes before a fall.

Bishop Trevor Williams, Friday 24th October 2025 24.10.2025 2:36 ↓

The United Nations officially came into existence 80 years ago today.

Pádraig Ó Tuama, Thursday 23rd October 2025 24.10.2025 2:28 ↓

There have been meetings between British monarchs and Popes before, but not for prayer.

Tony Macaulay, Wednesday 22nd October 2025 22.10.2025 2:44 ↓

Books don’t just entertain us — they enlarge us.

Rev. Dr. Julian Hamilton, Tuesday 21st October 2025 21.10.2025 2:49 ↓

One luxury I give myself around my birthday, is turning off the alarm.