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In Favour of Doing Nothing

Is there a value in doing nothing? Or should leisure be apologised for?

• 3 mins

The Parable of the Weeds

What does Christ's Parable of the Weeds tell us about the development movement?

• 3 mins

Development and Peace

Is economic development a route to world peace?

• 4 mins

Honour Your Father and Your Mother

How is the Hebrew commandment understood in the modern world?

• 4 mins

The Sins of the Fathers

Was the 'Old Testament' God really cruel?

• 3 mins

Love Thy Neighbour

What is the true meaning of the phrase: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself"?

• 4 mins

An Eye for an Eye

Is "an eye for an eye" about legal procedures or revenge?

• 4 mins

Opposites

What is the difference between introverts and the extroverts in the words of Jesus?

• 4 mins

Thoughts and Feelings

What is the difference between thinking people and feeling people?

• 4 mins

Intuition and Facts

Thoughts on the misunderstandings that arises when intuitive people meet practical people

• 4 mins

Jihad

What is the meaning of jihad - the "struggle against evil" - in Islam?

• 4 mins

Jihad

Thoughts on peace, war, and the Islamic concept of jihad

• 3 mins

Jihad

Thoughts on the personal jihad, the holy war, against our worst impulses

• 4 mins

Peace

Charles le Gai Eaton reflects upon the complexity of the word 'peace'

• 3 mins

Saints

Why do Christians commemorate saints? What are saints 'for'?

• 4 mins

The Day of Ashura - Islam

A reflection on Ashura, a major religious commemoration for Shia Muslims

• 3 mins

Holy Places of India - Jagannath Puri

Deepak Vohra on the sacred Hindu temple Jagannath Puri in the state of Orissa, India

• 3 mins

Holy Places of India - Vrindavan

The centre of Krishna worship, where pilgrims walk barefoot to touch the sacred earth

• 3 mins

The Islamic New Year

Thoughts on the first Islamic year in AD622, and the Hijra

• 4 mins

Holy Places of India - Navadvipa

Deepak Vohra on his visit to the "spiritual paradise" for devotees of Lord Krishna

• 3 mins

Remembrance

Facing anger with God when a loved one dies

• 4 mins

Pilgrimage to Lourdes

How pilgrimages with a friend taught Father Paul J Cannon about community

• 3 mins

The Love of God

How do the meanings of adverts compare with the love of God?

• 4 mins

Our Images of God

Father Paul J Cannon wonders about other people's images of God

• 4 mins

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Father Paul J Cannon reflects on hardship, growth, and change

• 4 mins

The Death of Moses

A rabbi remembers sharing the story of the death of Moses with some Bedouin guides

• 4 mins

Mount Sinai - Judaism

Rabbi Albert Friedlander recounts a conversation on top of Mount Sinai

• 4 mins

In the Footsteps of Moses

What a rabbi learned on his pilgrimage across the Sinai in the footsteps of Moses

• 3 mins

The Misuse of History in Ethnicity

Professor Akbar Ahmed on the use and misuse of history in arguments about ethnic identity

• 3 mins

Sukkot

The Jewish festival which begins five days after the end of Yom Kippur

• 4 mins