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Candlemas

Canon Eric James discusses the commemoration of Jesus through the lighting of candles

• 3 mins

Imam Ali

The story of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad

• 4 mins

Imam Mahdi

Remembering and celebrating the birth of Imam Al-Mahdi, the prophesised redeemer of Islam

• 3 mins

Misrepresentation of Islam

Umar Hegedus argues the Islam's core beliefs have been misrepresented for centuries

• 4 mins

Death of a Loved One

Evelyn Friedlander remembers her mother and their fraught relationship

• 4 mins

Artists and Artisans

Evelyn Friedlander with a Torah reading on the value of skilled workmanship

• 4 mins

Shabbat

Evelyn Friedlander thinks about Shabbat and wonders where she could feel at home

• 4 mins

Muslims and the Koran

Umar Hegedus considers whether Muslim behaviour reflects Koranic teaching

• 3 mins

Purim

Evelyn Friedlander on Purim, the Jewish religious festival celebrating escape from death

• 4 mins

Ramadan

The spiritual anticipation felt by Muslims as Ramadan approaches

• 3 mins

William Tyndale

The story of William Tyndale's quest to translate the Bible from Latin into English

• 3 mins

Vesak

The meaning of the most important festival of the Buddhist year

• 4 mins

Buddhism

How achievable are the challenges of Buddhism to not retaliate or hate?

• 3 mins

Ramadan

How the worldwide community of Muslims unite during Ramadan

• 4 mins

Pause For Thought

Elizabeth J Harris discusses Buddhist meditation as a form of mind training

• 3 mins

Cooperation Between Faiths

Elizabeth J Harris argues for interfaith cooperation and against religious exclusivism

• 4 mins

The Pali Canon

Thoughts on the Buddhist Pali canon and the prejudice of patriarchy

• 4 mins

Christianity in China

The resurgence of Christianity in China - and the terrible price believers have paid

• 3 mins

William Tyndale

Now in Flanders, King Henry VIII tries to entice Tyndale back to England

• 4 mins

Buddhism and Jainism

Thoughts on Buddhism and Jainism and their concepts of God and humanity

• 3 mins

Ramadan

Farid Esak on the last week of Ramadan including Laylat Al Qadr, the Night of Destiny

• 4 mins

Ramadan

Farid Esak reflects on his heightened God consciousness during Ramadan

• 4 mins

William Tyndale

The story of Bible translator William Tyndale's betrayal and subsequent death in Antwerp

• 3 mins

Ramadan

Farid Esak on Taqwa, and the triumph over the self experienced during Ramadan

• 4 mins

Ramadan

Farid Esak on the beginning of Ramadan, a month of fasting, prayer and reflection

• 4 mins

Lent

At the start of Lent, reflections on over-consumption in the modern world

• 4 mins

Britain's Crack City

Could the Church help residents on a run-down housing estate in South London?

• 4 mins

St Valentine's Day

How did a day of Christian celebration become so disconnected from God?

• 4 mins

Holy Cross Church in King's Cross, London

The inner city church that serves a transient community of the poor, sick and excluded

• 4 mins

Community and Catholic Church

How the Catholic church is working with inner city communities in England

• 4 mins