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John Lennon
Thoughts on John Lennon's troubled childhood and adult creativity
Intensive Prayer
Rabbi Albert Friedlander on the different prayers in the Jewish faith
The Life of the Sea
Rabbi Albert Friedlander remembers trying to flee Nazi Germany by ship
Yom Kippur
Thoughts on the personal inventory taken on the holiest day of the year in Judaism
The Witness of Scrolls
On the discovery of a burned fragment of the Torah that survived the Holocaust
Rosh Hashanah
Memories of a Rosh Hashanah spent in Israel during the Gulf War
God's Pathway
Rabbi Albert Friedlander considers the need for both constancy and change
Simchat Torah
Thoughts on the boisterous holiday that celebrates the end of the annual Torah readings
The Pilgrim's Journey
Harriet Crabtree considers pilgrimages - a central image of religious life
South Korea - Embracing Old and New
Reverend Anne McClelland remembers a trip to South Korea
Religious Freedom For All
Thoughts on the need for religious freedom across the world
Pause for Thought
Thoughts on the need to question one's intentions
Joined by Belief
Philosopher and theologian Elaine Storkey on diversity, unity and the Christian faith
Acts of Worship
Why do Muslims pray the way they do?
Fashions in Faith
Sister Lavinia Byrne on how the meaning and value of prayer has changed over time
Who Art in Heaven
What does Jesus mean by the world 'father'?
Mourning Dunblane
Sister Lavinia Byrne on the power of prayer in the face of disaster
Food for Faith
Rhoda Goodman on the importance of food in the Torah
Truth and the Self
What do we really mean by 'being true to ourselves'?
Forgiveness and the Self
Philosophical musings on the self, moral agency, and free will
Intergrity and the Self
Philosophical musings on integrity and the self
Contemporary Christianity
Thoughts on how to remain part of, and apart from, modern consumer culture
An Angel to Watch Over Me
A visit to the shrine of 11th Century Muslim Sufi Ali Hujwiri, in Lahore
The Birth of the Bab
The story of Siyyid Ali Muhammad known as the Bab
The Third Pillar of Islam
The importance of Zakat, or charity, in Islam
How is a two-thousand-year-old religion relevant to modern society?
Aisha's Necklace
The story of Aisha, the wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Twentieth Century Prejudice
How anti-Jewish prejudice found its way into the writings of Agatha Christie
The Wisdom of Faith
How do we know when we've found true wisdom?
Our Shadowy Selves
On finding the meaning of God and changing ourselves through an act of choice
Dancing with God
Why is Christianity so afraid of putting dancing and religion together?