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Images of Bethlehem

How Christmas cards omit the rigours of Christ's birth in Bethlehem

• 4 mins

Ramadan and the Senses

The joy of fasting at Ramadan and the change it brings to the senses

• 4 mins

The Prodigal Son - 1

Three reflections on the parable of the Prodigal Son by Canon Eric James

• 4 mins

The City of London

A Christian economist considers the future of unemployment and the need to work

• 4 mins

Fair Trade

Is it possible to be both a Christian and an economist?

• 4 mins

Value for Money

How does wanting 'value for money' fit in with Christian religion?

• 4 mins

The Sikh Festival of Vaisakhi

The story of Guru Gobind Singh and the five beloved ones

• 3 mins

The Prodigal Son - 2

Canon Eric James on the presence of the parable in literature and dance

• 4 mins

Dealing with Death

Humanist thoughts on the way we speak - or don't - about people after their death

• 4 mins

Father Christmas

A humanist mother explains why she won't deceive her children about Father Christmas

• 4 mins

Guru Gobind Singh

The story of Guru Gobind Singh and Bhai Kanhayya the water carrier

• 3 mins

Fred Astaire's Grace

Thoughts on the grace and precision of Fred Astaire's dancing

• 3 mins

Buddhism in England

Remembering Allan Bennett, the first Buddhist convert to lead a mission to England in 1908

• 3 mins

Saint Luke

Thoughts on the Gospel of Luke and the patience of Simeon

• 3 mins

The Mystery of Music

The power of songs and how they move us

• 3 mins

Goethe's Faust

Thoughts on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the subtleties of evil

• 4 mins

Life's Mysteries

Memories of a lifetime spent reading detective stories

• 3 mins

The Hebrew Bible

Rabbi Professor Jonathan Magonet on the contradictory truths in the Hebrew Bible

• 3 mins

Allan Bennet - Buddhist Monk

Remembering Allan Bennett, the second British person to be ordained as a Buddhist monk

• 4 mins

Buddhist Convert

What can converts like Buddhist monk Allan Bennett teach us about life?

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Maesta of Duccio - 1

The depiction of demonic temptations in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece

• 3 mins

Maesta of Duccio - 2

The depiction of the calling of Peter and Andrew in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece

• 4 mins

Maesta of Duccio - 3

On Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece in Siena Cathedral and its depiction of Judas

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Maesta of Duccio - 4

The depiction of Christ healing the man born blind in Duccio di Buoninsegna's altarpiece

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Eid al-Fitr - Islam

Thoughts on the joyous day of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic festival at end of Ramadan

• 4 mins

Night of Power - Islam

The Night of Power marks the night when the Koran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad

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The Kingdom in the Midst

Thoughts on the diversity of faiths represented in Jerusalem and a desire for peace

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Killing and Religion

Can the cycle of blood-letting in the Holy Land ever be broken?

• 4 mins

Almsgiving

Reflections on the spirit of almsgiving during the season of Lent

• 3 mins

Finding the Right Name

How our own name and the name of God are bound up with one another

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