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Secular Poetry

How reading non-religious poetry has brought comfort to a commuting chaplain

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Necessary Failure

On the importance of learning from failure

• 4 mins

Biblical Journeys

Is it better to travel hopefully than to arrive?

• 4 mins

The Story of Abraham

On how Abraham was an unlikely choice to start a "revolution in the human heart"

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Pondering 'The Beginning'

Thoughts on Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden: whose fault was it?

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The Refugee

On how the story of the refugee is as old as humanity

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Climbing Mount Sinai

Is it necessary for the faithful to go on pilgrimage to Mount Sinai or Jerusalem?

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Hezekiah's Tunnel

Roger Scopes' memories of wading through Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem

• 4 mins

Jonah and the Whale

Why didn't Jonah want to go to Nineveh? And why did he ask to be thrown overboard?

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Source of the Jordan

On the River Jordan and Psalm 42:7: "Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts."

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The Martyrdom of the Bab

The martyrdom of the Bab, the herald of the Bahai faith

• 4 mins

Saint Peter

Remembering Jesus' disciple, Peter

• 3 mins

Saint Irenaeus

The story of Saint Irenaeus - diplomat, writer, and teacher

• 4 mins

What Does Faith Mean?

Reverend Canon Alan Race considers the 'kaleidoscopic' meanings of the word faith

• 3 mins

Evolution and Love

Is there a scientific difference between love and instinct?

• 4 mins

Modern Miracles

Does the definition of a miracle change with time?

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Is There Power in Prayer?

Does prayer make any difference to life at all?

• 4 mins

The Cave

Reverend Angela Tilby on her visit Saint Anthony's refuge

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The Mountain

Reverend Angela Tilby talks about her visit to Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula

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The Desert

What was it about Egypt's deserts that created such burning faith?

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Sierra Leone

Dr Augustus Casely-Hayford on the beauty and the troubles of Sierra Leone

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The Source of Trouble

On the balance required between body, mind, and spirit

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The Sistine Chapel

Reverend Vincent Nichols on the Sistine Chapel and the survival of goodness

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Tikkun Olam

On history, the Holocaust, and the need to rebuild the world

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Why Are We Here?

The story of Pandava Prince Arjuna and his doubt on the battlefield

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Resisting Praise

A member of the Triratna Buddhist Order discusses emotional entanglement

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The Science of Faith

Humanist Nicholas Walter on tasting the fruits from the tree of knowledge

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Manifold Works

Psalm 104 and the relationship between the Creator and the created

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Weeping and Laughter

Humanist thoughts on what separates humans from animals

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Feeling and Thinking

Humanist Nicolas Walter on human flaws and fatal attractions

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