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Praying
Why is praying such an effort? How do we prepare for deep prayer?
Regent's Park Mosque
Worshippers explain what Regent's Park Mosque means to them
Passion Week: Human Solidarity
"We are put on earth a little space, That we may learn to bear the beams of love"
Passion Week: Consuming Belief
Thoughts for Passion Week: "It takes so many years to realise one is dead"
Saint Paul's Cathedral in London
What Sir Christopher Wren's baroque church means to people
Passover
The story of Passover, commemorating the exodus of Israelites from Egypt
Images of Christ
"He is a king who exercises his authority by washing the feet of his disciples"
Passover Preparation
The history and the meanings behind the preparations for Passover
Rabbi Julia Neuberger considers alternative meanings for the food at Passover
Good Friday
Thoughts on Via Dolorosa, the walk pilgrims make in Jerusalem on Good Friday
Maundy Thursday
Thought on the Last Supper which Jesus held with his disciples before going to his death
Albanian Liberation
The Albanian struggle for freedom and words of the prophet Isaiah
Spy Wednesday
Spy Wednesday and reflections on a recent trip to Albania
Church and State
Is politics in Western countries a Godless profession?
A Peculiar People
What might non-Christians think of Christian rituals during Holy Week?
Remembering Armenian Genocide
Family remembrances of the first planned genocide of the 20th Century
Holy Spirit
Is it possible to visualise the Holy Spirit?
Doubting Thomas
Reverend Peter McGeary on the story of Doubting Thomas
The Ascension of Christ
Thoughts poetic visions of glory and the Ascension of Christ
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Why did it take so long for Yom HaShoah to become a national memorial day in Israel?
Bishop Pierre-Marie Theas
A man imprisoned by the Nazi, who encouraged prayers for the Germans
Forgiving and Forgetting
Why is it so difficult to forgive and forget - especially forget?
Routine Prayers
Do ritual prayers encourage devotion or boredom, especially in the young?
The history and meaning behind the Passover celebrations
Buddhist Festival of Vesak
What does the Buddhist festival of Vesak - Full Moon - celebrate?
Faith and the Environment
What is the future of conservation, and are faiths doing enough?
How is the alliance between religions and conservationists working?
What difference does faith make to how we treat the world?
Forgiving Germany
Canon Paul Oestreicher, a refugee from Nazi Germany, on forgiveness and World War Two
Contemporary Jewish Experience
"It's a queue to get in and a queue to get out"
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Thoughts on the exulting, neurotic, divinely inspired poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins