Spiritual thoughts from across the world
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The need for an inclusive morality in post-apartheid South Africa
The story of Isaiah, the Hebrew prophet who predicted the coming of Jesus Christ
Thoughts on the "bright shadow" of commercialism that surfaces around Christmas
Why is church attendance falling in Wales and can this trend be reversed?
How can you find meaning in terrible tragedy?
With violence continuing, the hope that God's purpose will prevail
Evelyn Friedlander on the Jewish requirement to live an ethical life
Evelyn Friedlander's thoughts on personal and religious privacy
Evelyn Friedlander on growing up as the child of Jewish refugees from Germany
Remembering religious beginnings. Presenter: Frances Ganley.
How Christmas cards omit the rigours of Christ's birth in Bethlehem
The joy of fasting at Ramadan and the change it brings to the senses
Three reflections on the parable of the Prodigal Son by Canon Eric James
A Christian economist considers the future of unemployment and the need to work
Is it possible to be both a Christian and an economist?
How does wanting 'value for money' fit in with Christian religion?
The story of Guru Gobind Singh and the five beloved ones
Canon Eric James on the presence of the parable in literature and dance
Humanist thoughts on the way we speak - or don't - about people after their death
A humanist mother explains why she won't deceive her children about Father Christmas
The story of Guru Gobind Singh and Bhai Kanhayya the water carrier
Thoughts on the grace and precision of Fred Astaire's dancing
Remembering Allan Bennett, the first Buddhist convert to lead a mission to England in 1908
Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke and the patience of Simeon
The power of songs and how they move us
Thoughts on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the subtleties of evil
Memories of a lifetime spent reading detective stories
Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet on the contradictory truths in the Hebrew Bible
Remembering Allan Bennett, the second British person to be ordained as a Buddhist monk
What can converts like Buddhist monk Allan Bennett teach us about life?
