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Rosh Hashanah

The festival of Rosh Hashanah, or Jewish New Year, and the book of good deeds

• 4 mins

Shirk - Islam

On the sin of practicing idolatry and the struggle to shun false absolutes

• 3 mins

Blessed Sympathy

Saba Risaluddin on finding sympathy and shared values with believers from other religions

• 3 mins

Saba Risaluddin on the language of faith, and the faith beyond words

• 3 mins

The Spirit of Bosnia

Saba Risaluddin on finding compassion and forgiveness in Bosnia

• 4 mins

The Power of Work

Sima Sharma on work, deeds, and consequences

• 4 mins

Questioning Faith

Why do people try to discredit religions?

• 4 mins

Belief in What?

Why are those who believe in science and reason called 'non-believers'?

• 4 mins

Open Door Policy

Thoughts on the door as a divider, both in churches and in homes

• 4 mins

Krishna's Divine Flute

Sima Sharma on the desire for personal fulfillment and an ideal world

• 4 mins

Free Love

Thoughts on freedom being at the heart of love

• 4 mins

There's No Place Like Home

What does 'home' mean to people on the move?

• 4 mins

Screen Violence

Thoughts on whether screen violence is linked to real violence

• 4 mins

Behind the Pillar - Depression

The agony of suffering from depression as a practising Christian

• 4 mins

Living With Fog - Depression

Personal reflections on depression and doubt

• 4 mins

Looking in a Mirror - Depression

Personal reflections on the painful journey from depression to wellness

• 4 mins

John Lennon

Thoughts on John Lennon's troubled childhood and adult creativity

• 4 mins

Intensive Prayer

Rabbi Albert Friedlander on the different prayers in the Jewish faith

• 4 mins

The Life of the Sea

Rabbi Albert Friedlander remembers trying to flee Nazi Germany by ship

• 4 mins

Yom Kippur

Thoughts on the personal inventory taken on the holiest day of the year in Judaism

• 4 mins

The Witness of Scrolls

On the discovery of a burned fragment of the Torah that survived the Holocaust

• 4 mins

Rosh Hashanah

Memories of a Rosh Hashanah spent in Israel during the Gulf War

• 4 mins

God's Pathway

Rabbi Albert Friedlander considers the need for both constancy and change

• 3 mins

Simchat Torah

Thoughts on the boisterous holiday that celebrates the end of the annual Torah readings

• 4 mins

The Pilgrim's Journey

Harriet Crabtree considers pilgrimages - a central image of religious life

• 4 mins

South Korea - Embracing Old and New

Reverend Anne McClelland remembers a trip to South Korea

• 3 mins

Religious Freedom For All

Thoughts on the need for religious freedom across the world

• 4 mins

Pause for Thought

Thoughts on the need to question one's intentions

• 3 mins

Joined by Belief

Philosopher and theologian Elaine Storkey on diversity, unity and the Christian faith

• 4 mins

Acts of Worship

Why do Muslims pray the way they do?

• 3 mins