# Thought for the Day Reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Reverend Lucy Winkett](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p5fn7b) _2026-08-20_ 20 AUG 26 [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p5fmyf.mp3) ## [Mona Siddiqui](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p582lg) _2026-08-19_ What does it mean to erase a woman? You don't have to kill her. You can simply make her invisible. Tell her she can’t get a higher education, she can’t work freely, tell her where she can go, who she can speak to, and how loudly she can speak. Eventually, you don't need to silence her because her absence has been made normal. Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, women and… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p581xw.mp3) ## [The Rev Dr Michael Spence](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p53rmp) _2026-08-18_ Good morning. I have spent about half my life in England and half in Australia. Watching the television news over the past few weeks has been somewhat confusing. I think of England as a place where nature is more or less under control, a ‘green and pleasant land’, mild in climate, with a landscape shaped by generations of human hands. Raging wildfires, the terrifying unpredictability of nature out… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p53q0h.mp3) ## [Bishop James Jones](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p4z02r) _2026-08-17_ 17 AUG 26 [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p4yyly.mp3) ## [Catherine Pepinster](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p4yzh7) _2026-08-15_ TODAY, AUGUST 15, is traditionally the day that Catholics celebrate the feast of the Assumption, that marks Mary, mother of Jesus, being taken both body and soul into heaven. Countless Catholics even before the Church made it official dogma, believed it. What intrigues me, though, is when the Church did make the Assumption dogma. It was confirmed by Pope Pius XII in 1950. So just five years after… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p4yyqp.mp3) ## [Vishvapani - A member of the Triratna Buddhist Order](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p4j9rm) _2026-08-14_ Good morning. I’ve lived in Wales for the best part of two decades and slowly felt less of an outsider. But last week I found myself in deepest Cymru, at the Eisteddfod: the annual festival of Welsh language, music and literature, which this year took place near Cardigan framed by the Preseli hills. The Eisteddfod is a cultural celebration but it draws on druidic ceremonies. My friend became a… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p4j99h.mp3) ## [Rev Lucy Winkett](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p47ykb) _2026-08-13_ 13 AUG 26 [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p47xbn.mp3) ## [Dr Rachel Mann](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p415dm) _2026-08-12_ Good morning. In a twist I had not anticipated, it would appear that for some young people at least, digital cameras and wired earphones are back. The technology of my youth — iPods and Walkmans — is being embraced by Gen Z. Indeed, social media is full of people talking about why they're going back to basics, using devices that many of us consigned to the bin years ago. As someone who loves shiny… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p414sx.mp3) ## [Professor Tina Beattie](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p3x7h4) _2026-08-11_ 11 AUG 26 [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p3wr82.mp3) ## [Bishop Nick Baines](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p3p9m9) _2026-08-10_ 10 AUG 26 [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p3p6l1.mp3) ## [Point a Domain, Start a Pit (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/s9XVP9GhfJdP) _2026-08-10 · **Sponsored**_ Point any domain to a blacked-out, poison-green coming-soon page with an email waitlist. ## [Rev Canon Dr Rob Marshall](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0p3p8bf) _2026-08-08_ 08 AUG 26 [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p3p6k8.mp3)