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Why Me?
How faith, poetry, and friends, helped a man cope with redundancy
What is the United Nations For?
On the UN's 50th anniversary, a reminder of what it stand for
Peace in Northern Ireland
The necessity - and the difficulty - of forgiving those who have done great harm
Inspiring Islamic Women
From Khadija, Aisha, and Fatima to admirable Muslim women in the present
The Seeker and the Sought
Do people seek a religious path or does the path seek them?
Conflict Resolution
How can former enemies begin to trust each other?
God's Anger
The Torah story of Noah and Sodom and the concept of God's wrath
The Old Man and the Synagogue
The story of an elderly Arab man who looked after a synagogue for 19 years
The Memory of Remembrance
Is memory - especially of painful things - necessary for moral action?
Sufism and the Heart of Islam
The relationship between Sufism and the duties and obligations of Islam
The Letters of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's reflections on the nature of holiness
The Listening Heart
Amid growing technology, the value of reaching out, person to person, and listening
The Sinner-Smugglers
How the unlikeliest people convey the spirit of God
Changing Shirts
Rabbi Jonathan Magonet remembers an unassuming teacher
Looking Up
How can our cities be 'loved into wholeness'?
Devoted to Nature
Connecting with nature and respecting the Earth as part of daily devotion
God's Chosen Ones
Father Oliver McTernan describes feeling inadequate in the presence of God
A Muslim Trinity
How faith involves concepts of unity, duality or trinity.
A Choir of Angels
On the strange comfort given by A Choir of Angels, by 15th Century artist Simon Marmion
Destiny
Is there such a thing as destiny, or do we have free will?
All Souls' Day
Reverend Helen Cunliffe on All Souls' Day and remembering the dead.
Hanukkah
Why is Hanukkah described as the "chameleon festival"?
Praying In Vain
Why are some prayers uttered in vain - isn't God listening?
The New Lamb
What can we do to welcome the Messiah?
Black Cat
Why are people superstitious and do they ever help?
The Whole Truth
Why is religious tolerance so often seen as weakness?
Does God Love Bad People?
Why doesn't God punish those who commit evil acts on earth?
The Presence of God - Emily Dickinson
On the poet who, despite being non-religious, found the presence of God
Divine Music
Saba Risaluddin on the "aspiration toward God and soaring melodies" of sacred music
Islamic Business Ethics
Saba Risalludin on integrity and honesty as religious requirement
Art and Saints
On the power of great art to make saints seem human