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Hillel and Shammai

Thoughts on Hillel and Shammai, the two fathers of Rabbinic Judaism

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Growing Old

Is old age real or a matter of perception?

• 4 mins

Alfred Nobel

What can we learn from Alfred Nobel, who changed his life when he read his own obituary?

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Time for Noble Pursuits

The danger of wasting time and deferring the important

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The Doubt of Joseph

Reflections on the nativity from Joseph's perspective

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Truth Always Triumphs

Thoughts on truth and value systems across the world

• 4 mins

Zen and the Presence of God

The poetry of God's presence in Zen Buddhism and the writings of Ryokan

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Yeats and the Presence of God

The sudden brilliant moments of experience that open up life to new meaning

• 4 mins

Taoism the Presence of God

Thoughts on the Tao, the way, and the unfolding of the world

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Lao Tzu and the Presence of God

Thoughts on Lao Tzu's classic Chinese text, Tao Te Ching

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Evil and the Presence of God

On how the horrors of evil, in the absence of light, also reveal the presence of God

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God's Forgiveness

On the constancy of God's welcome and forgiveness

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Memories of a Funeral

On death, bereavement, community, and the loving company of Jesus

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The First Day of Ramadan

The first day of the month when Muslims the world over undertake the great fast

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Suffer the Little Children

What God requires from those who wish to live under his rule

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Finding Family

Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford remembers a reunion with a long lost uncle

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Dag Hammarskjold - 3

The Swede who took the post of UN Secretary-General and died in mysterious circumstances

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Dag Hammarskjold - 2

The late Secretary-General of the UN and his remarkable "spiritual" diary

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Dag Hammarskjold - 1

Reflections on the first, and possibly greatest Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Fiddler on the Roof

How did Sholem Aleichem's yiddish creation Tevye become such a universal everyman?

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Religious Life: Obedience

Reflections on the crisis in confidence in authority and the religious call to obedience

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What's the Full Story?

How can we know when, or if, we are being told the whole truth?

• 3 mins

Life After Death

If humanists don't believe in life after death, how do they cope with death?

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The Importance of Belief

Humanist reflections on the importance of having faith in oneself

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Walk a Mile in Another Man's Shoes

What does education of "the whole child" mean and require?

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Tolerance

Reflections on one of the key ideas of humanism - tolerance

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Still Life

On gathering memories and experiencing God's love

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Pure Trust

On putting trust into what is unseen, rather than what is seen

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Saint Francis of Neath

On Frank Joshua who was called St Francis of Neath by the miners of Neath in South Wales

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Matthew's Passion

Mathew's passion, his use of the Hebrew bible, and his inclusion of supernatural events

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