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After 20 years at the helm of a successful beauty salon, Reverend Kaye Gardiner made a genuine leap of faith by switching careers and becoming ordained. She shares her story from the salon to the Sacraments with Tony Kearney.

Ahead of the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, reporter Michael McEwen finds out about SPRED, an initiative which offers people with learning disabilities an opportunity to participate in the liturgical life of their parish.

One of the big winners at the Scottish Baftas was a film – aptly titled – Winners. It was written and directed by Hassan Nazer, who came to Scotland in 2000 as a refugee. Hassan joins Tony to talk about his award-winning film and his journey from refugee to esteemed film maker.

Dr Lorna Gold, CEO of UK faith and climate charity Faith Invest, tells Tony why the UN Climate Change conference, which begins in Dubai this week, will for the first time have a faith pavilion, and the contribution faith organisations can make in the fight against climate change.

A new trend has seen computer generated images of Jesus appear on TikTok. Data visualisation specialist Dr Maria Insa-Iglesias and theologian and author of Robot Souls, Dr Eve Poole, discuss the line between using AI as a helpful tool for spiritual development and using religious images as clickbait for online traffic.

A nationwide tour of the Queer East Festival comes to Edinburgh, presenting films that explore the complex terrain of being both gay and east Asian. Photographer and member of the LGBTQ+ community Tommy Ga-ken Wan, speaks about what it means to be a part of this intersection of society, and the importance of representation.

And with St Andrew’s Day approaching, Ronnie Convery, communications director of the Archdiocese of Glasgow, explains why saints’ days are still relevant in 21st century multicultural Britain.