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The Old Man and the Synagogue

The story of an elderly Arab man who looked after a synagogue for 19 years

• 4 mins

The Memory of Remembrance

Is memory - especially of painful things - necessary for moral action?

• 4 mins

Sufism and the Heart of Islam

The relationship between Sufism and the duties and obligations of Islam

• 4 mins

The Letters of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's reflections on the nature of holiness

• 3 mins

The Listening Heart

Amid growing technology, the value of reaching out, person to person, and listening

• 4 mins

The Sinner-Smugglers

How the unlikeliest people convey the spirit of God

• 4 mins

Changing Shirts

Rabbi Jonathan Magonet remembers an unassuming teacher

• 4 mins

Looking Up

How can our cities be 'loved into wholeness'?

• 4 mins

Devoted to Nature

Connecting with nature and respecting the Earth as part of daily devotion

• 4 mins

God's Chosen Ones

Father Oliver McTernan describes feeling inadequate in the presence of God

• 4 mins

A Muslim Trinity

How faith involves concepts of unity, duality or trinity.

• 4 mins

A Choir of Angels

On the strange comfort given by A Choir of Angels, by 15th Century artist Simon Marmion

• 4 mins

Destiny

Is there such a thing as destiny, or do we have free will?

• 3 mins

All Souls' Day

Reverend Helen Cunliffe on All Souls' Day and remembering the dead.

• 4 mins

Hanukkah

Why is Hanukkah described as the "chameleon festival"?

• 4 mins

Praying In Vain

Why are some prayers uttered in vain - isn't God listening?

• 3 mins

The New Lamb

What can we do to welcome the Messiah?

• 4 mins

Black Cat

Why are people superstitious and do they ever help?

• 4 mins

The Whole Truth

Why is religious tolerance so often seen as weakness?

• 4 mins

Does God Love Bad People?

Why doesn't God punish those who commit evil acts on earth?

• 4 mins

The Presence of God - Emily Dickinson

On the poet who, despite being non-religious, found the presence of God

• 4 mins

Divine Music

Saba Risaluddin on the "aspiration toward God and soaring melodies" of sacred music

• 4 mins

Islamic Business Ethics

Saba Risalludin on integrity and honesty as religious requirement

• 4 mins

Art and Saints

On the power of great art to make saints seem human

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Synod for the New Millennium

Is the remit of the Church of England's Synod too broad?

• 4 mins

Storing up Riches

"If our hope and trust is in what we own, we may be heading for aching hearts"

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Out in the Cold

Given Britain's biblical heritage, why are the elderly treated with so little respect?

• 4 mins

Reconciliation with Germany

Rabbi Jonathan Magonet on reconciliation work in Germany

• 4 mins

Brideshead Revisited

The difference between real holiness and self-conscious goodness in Waugh's classic novel

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Islam and Jerusalem

What does Jerusalem have to do with Islam?

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