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Sunday School

Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on the shocking violence behind the story of Joshua and Jerico

• 3 mins

Trust and Control

Reverend Rosemary Wakelin understands why some parents buy peace and quiet with sweets

• 4 mins

Excitement

Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on "the weary routine and jargon" of religious expression

• 4 mins

School Days

Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on how the school world serves as a microcosm of the real world

• 4 mins

Kingship

Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on the difference between earthly and heavenly power

• 4 mins

God in my Pocket

Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on desiring protection from unseen powers

• 4 mins

Time

Do people experience time differently according to where they live?

• 4 mins

The Third Commandment

Reflections on the commonplace practise of breaking the Third Commandment - blasphemy

• 4 mins

The Sixth Commandment

Penny Faust discusses the Sixth Commandment - Thou shalt not kill

• 4 mins

The Eighth Commandment

Penny Faust on the modern complications surrounding Thou shalt not steal

• 3 mins

A Helping Hand

Canadian author Myrna Grant reflects on a missed opportunity to help a stranger

• 4 mins

Joan Chittister on Haiti

Sister Joan Chittister on Haiti and the work of radical priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide

• 4 mins

Jainism

Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world and was practised by Gandhi

• 4 mins

Hearing God

Myrna Grant describes hearing God in the sounds of nature

• 4 mins

Taste

The difficulty of turning to God in times of despair

• 4 mins

The Tenth Commandment

Penny Faust on resisting covetousness in the modern world

• 4 mins

The Seventh Commandment

Penny Faust on how Thou shalt not commit adultery has fared in the modern world

• 4 mins

Images of Buddhism

Why is Christ is portrayed as suffering on the cross and the Buddha in a state of peace?

• 4 mins

The Ninth Commandment

Penny Faust on how the words that we use can be as damaging as the things that we do

• 4 mins

Love

Father Jim Rosenthal on the importance of faith, hope, and love

• 3 mins

The Second Commandment

Penny Faust on Thou shalt have no other gods before me

• 4 mins

Fats Waller

Remembering the multi-talented American jazz pianist Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller

• 4 mins

Christmas

The value of all births and all mothers - even single ones

• 4 mins

Walls of Death

Thoughts on walls that keep people apart both physically and spiritually

• 4 mins

Hanukkah

The history and meaning of Jewish festival Hanukkah

• 4 mins

A Miracle

Do miracles happen any more? And does it matter if there are rational explanations?

• 4 mins

Boxing Day

Poet Stewart Henderson and the list of things-to-do he makes on Boxing Day

• 3 mins

Christmas Eve

Poet Stewart Henderson remembers the excitement of Christmas Eve when he was a child

• 3 mins

London at Christmas.

Poet Stewart Henderson is saddened by London's "carnival of materialism"

• 3 mins

Conversion to Islam

Saba Risaluddin on a close friend who converted from Catholicism to Islam

• 4 mins