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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

Fashions in Faith

Sister Lavinia Byrne on how the meaning and value of prayer has changed over time

• 4 mins

Who Art in Heaven

What does Jesus mean by the world 'father'?

• 4 mins

Mourning Dunblane

Sister Lavinia Byrne on the power of prayer in the face of disaster

• 4 mins

Food for Faith

Rhoda Goodman on the importance of food in the Torah

• 4 mins

Truth and the Self

What do we really mean by 'being true to ourselves'?

• 4 mins

Forgiveness and the Self

Philosophical musings on the self, moral agency, and free will

• 4 mins

Intergrity and the Self

Philosophical musings on integrity and the self

• 4 mins

Contemporary Christianity

Thoughts on how to remain part of, and apart from, modern consumer culture

• 4 mins

An Angel to Watch Over Me

A visit to the shrine of 11th Century Muslim Sufi Ali Hujwiri, in Lahore

• 4 mins

The Birth of the Bab

The story of Siyyid Ali Muhammad known as the Bab

• 3 mins

The Third Pillar of Islam

The importance of Zakat, or charity, in Islam

• 4 mins

Contemporary Christianity

How is a two-thousand-year-old religion relevant to modern society?

• 4 mins

Aisha's Necklace

The story of Aisha, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

• 4 mins

Twentieth Century Prejudice

How anti-Jewish prejudice found its way into the writings of Agatha Christie

• 4 mins

The Wisdom of Faith

How do we know when we've found true wisdom?

• 4 mins

Our Shadowy Selves

On finding the meaning of God and changing ourselves through an act of choice

• 4 mins

Dancing with God

Why is Christianity so afraid of putting dancing and religion together?

• 4 mins

Eating with God

Why is gathering to share food central to so many religions?

• 4 mins

The Endless Night

Thoughts on an endless night and our own private nakedness

• 4 mins