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Body Language
The ceremonies, signs, and symbols of everyday life
Divided Minds
What does being in 'two minds' about something reveal about ourselves?
The Power of Boredom
Is feeling bored a creative and spiritual necessity?
Moral Nostalgia
Are the young really irreligious and irresponsible? Presented by Rosemary Foxtcroft.
Secular Poetry
How reading non-religious poetry has brought comfort to a commuting chaplain
Necessary Failure
On the importance of learning from failure
Biblical Journeys
Is it better to travel hopefully than to arrive?
The Story of Abraham
On how Abraham was an unlikely choice to start a "revolution in the human heart"
Pondering 'The Beginning'
Thoughts on Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden: whose fault was it?
The Refugee
On how the story of the refugee is as old as humanity
Climbing Mount Sinai
Is it necessary for the faithful to go on pilgrimage to Mount Sinai or Jerusalem?
Hezekiah's Tunnel
Roger Scopes' memories of wading through Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem
Jonah and the Whale
Why didn't Jonah want to go to Nineveh? And why did he ask to be thrown overboard?
Source of the Jordan
On the River Jordan and Psalm 42:7: "Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts."
The Martyrdom of the Bab
The martyrdom of the Bab, the herald of the Bahai faith
Saint Peter
Remembering Jesus' disciple, Peter
Saint Irenaeus
The story of Saint Irenaeus - diplomat, writer, and teacher
What Does Faith Mean?
Reverend Canon Alan Race considers the 'kaleidoscopic' meanings of the word faith
Evolution and Love
Is there a scientific difference between love and instinct?
Modern Miracles
Does the definition of a miracle change with time?
Is There Power in Prayer?
Does prayer make any difference to life at all?
The Cave
Reverend Angela Tilby on her visit Saint Anthony's refuge
The Mountain
Reverend Angela Tilby talks about her visit to Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula
The Desert
What was it about Egypt's deserts that created such burning faith?
Sierra Leone
Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford on the beauty and the troubles of Sierra Leone
The Source of Trouble
On the balance required between body, mind, and spirit
The Sistine Chapel
Reverend Vincent Nichols on the Sistine Chapel and the survival of goodness
Tikkun Olam
On history, the Holocaust, and the need to rebuild the world
Why Are We Here?
The story of Pandava Prince Arjuna and his doubt on the battlefield
Resisting Praise
A member of the Triratna Buddhist Order discusses emotional entanglement
The Science of Faith
Humanist Nicholas Walter on tasting the fruits from the tree of knowledge