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An Alphabet of Faith - X

Reverend John Bowker on xenoglossia, xavier, and the fast at Lent during Holy Week

• 4 mins

Love Thy Neighbour

Professor Sheila Allen attempts to define what is meant by neighbour

• 3 mins

Aboriginal Culture

Professor Sheila Allen on her time in Australia and the Aborigine students she met

• 3 mins

Respect for Others

Professor Sheila Allen discusses the respect for others as an aspect humanity

• 3 mins

The Night of Power - Islam

Faris Badawi on the night described in the Koran as "better than a thousand months"

• 4 mins

Shrove Tuesday

Thoughts on the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday

• 4 mins

Ash Wednesday

Can giving up smoking or sweets for Lent bring you closer to Christ?

• 4 mins

Fortune and Misfortune

Could suffering misfortune ever prove to be fortunate?

• 4 mins

Elisha and Naaman

The biblical story of Elisha healing Naaman from The Second Book of Kings

• 4 mins

Falling on the Face

Reflection on part of Judaism's morning and afternoon services

• 4 mins

A Woman of Worth

Cantor Jonathan Ordman on mothers and sacred customs in the home

• 4 mins

Paramatma

A Hindu story of revelation in the mountains of the Godhead called Paramatma

• 4 mins

Hanuman - Hindu

An encounter with God's presence in nature

• 4 mins

Sikh Guru Nanak

While watching Sikh celebrations, an Anglican priest finds himself being evangelized

• 4 mins

Forgive and Forget?

Anglican Peter B Price suggests that without remembrance there can be no forgiveness

• 4 mins

Juan Antonio

From criminal to community leader, the power of faith, words and action

• 4 mins

Struggle for Change

In a world of war and woe, how can one person change the world?

• 4 mins

Holy Saturday

The story of Holy Saturday, the day of the entombed Christ

• 4 mins

Easter Day

The story of the first Easter day, and the Christian triumph of hope over death

• 4 mins

Letter from St Paul to the People of Ephesus

Louise Taylor on how St Paul's letter has inspired centuries of hope and courage

• 4 mins

Emergence of Christianity

How the values of the pagan gods in Wagner's The Ring differ from Christianity

• 4 mins

Raphael's School of Athens

A reflection on the purpose of churches and Raphael's painting of the great Greek thinkers

• 4 mins

Saint Patrick

The difficulties of living up to a faith, rather than simply dying for one

• 4 mins

The Stars at Night

The Reverend Dr David Stone on the beauty and immensity of the night sky

• 4 mins

The Garden of Eden

How, like Adam and Eve, humanity has fallen upwards with knowledge

• 3 mins

Death of the Universe

How the eternity of God's love provides hope in the face of death

• 3 mins

The Creator

The Reverend Dr David Stone considers his relationship with God the creator

• 4 mins

Building Blocks

If carbon is the building block of life, what are the building blocks of knowledge?

• 3 mins

The Doctrine of Creation

The difference between belonging to God in theory and belonging to God in practise

• 4 mins

The Six Weeks Before Easter

A contemplation on the dangers of competitive self denial

• 4 mins