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As the Ukrainian conflict continues, Connie talks to Edinburgh resident Lydia Lestiuk, a member of the Ukrainian Church, Our Lady Of Pochayiv, in Leith, about the challenges facing her family back home, and to her own faith.

Reverend Jane Howitt, Church of Scotland minister at St Rollox in Glasgow, and Salma Siddique, a Clinical Anthropologist based at the University of St Andrews who is also a practicing psychotherapist, discuss the short and long term challenges of being exposed to conflict, and in particular how it can both weaken and strengthen a person’s faith.

How do highly sensitive people navigate stressful events, and what are the positives of their way of seeing the world? Connie talks to Mel Collins author of ‘Positive Affirmations for Sensitive People’, along with Salma Siddique and counsellor Duncan MacLaren.

This Wednesday marks a National Day of Reflection, two years since the first lockdown of March 2020. Connie talks to Salma Siddique and Duncan MacLaren about the significance of the day and what we have been through since Covid-19 first emerged.

As part of 100 Years of Scottish Stories we’ll hear Robin Grimmond and the intriguing story of his father’s loss of Faith.

Reporter Bob Dickson talks to chaplain Catriona Lamont, a member of the pastoral team of St Columba’s Free Church of Scotland in Edinburgh, about her work as a football chaplain and working with homeless women in the capital.

Author Helen Bond is determined to put the overlooked women of early Christianity back in the limelight with her latest book ‘Women Remembered: Jesus’ Female Disciples’.