Change
What difference does Christianity make? Read our curated articles that report on how Christian faith impacts individuals, communities, and nations. Change is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.
Article
- Change
- Community
![Kier Starmer walks along a residential development's path with two other people.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-07/Starmer_Camden.jpg?h=4bf1c8f5&itok=TTwsg4pd)
The new Prime Minister’s constituency has valuable lessons for the country.
6min read
Article
- Books
- Change
![A painting shows two 19th century women in a carriage, one reading as the others snoozes.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-06/birmingham-museums-trust-p00MgXaa6as-unsplash.jpg?h=b487ebe3&itok=ZjECzGSV)
The rush and tumble nearly squeezes the life out of the clock’s second hand.
5min read
Article
- Change
- Character
![A white arrow on tarmac points towards a setting sun and people walking by a silhouetted lamp post.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-06/chris-loh-CGuDxToKJ7E-unsplash.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=FNus7c5v)
We need a wider understanding of our purpose – grand or small.
7min read
Article
- Change
- Community
![Runners jog along a path into the sunset.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-05/ParkRun.jpg?h=9c1b3d2b&itok=m1K9Q-pi)
Park Run and the participation principle.
3min read
Article
- Change
- Character
![In a coffee shop, people sit around a table, one holds their hands up in surprise.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-05/kayle-kaupanger-VtPe4zVuUzY-unsplash.jpg?h=c12e0b96&itok=kAQm93ML)
The meaning behind those chance encounters.
7min read
Column
- Change
- Character
![A office worker wearing headphones looks out of a hectic and loud office space around which people are moving](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-05/Web-Outlier.jpg?h=199d8c1f&itok=JKHtzZoP)
Seeing the good qualities in others lifts them, benefits us, and makes the world better.
4min read
Podcast
- Change
- Podcasts
On the Re-enchanting podcast, Elizabeth Oldfield talks about wisdom, our common life and the things that most deeply bind us.
1min read
Essay
- Change
- Community
![An aerial view at dusk of a brightly lit pier and promenade of the seaside town of Blackpool](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-05/Blackpool1.jpg?h=c12e0b96&itok=3ipL5KYZ)
From tents to a town-wide regeneration, Blackpool’s hopeful placemaking.
8min read
Article
- Change
- Character
![Two men in seats adress a pyjamap-clad Ronald Regan.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-05/JamesBaker1.jpg?h=50844e28&itok=RE_j_oCl)
James Baker's political vocation sheds light on why character counts in this networked world.
6min read
Article
- Belief
- Change
![A country lane runs down a gentle hill between green and yellow fields under a cloud dappled sky.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-05/fieldsky.jpg?h=ddb1ad0c&itok=ovxZ7qwU)
Travel may broaden the mind, but pilgrimage can nourish a soul.
6min read
Column
- Change
- Community
![A grand dinner table set for a meal sits within a large room with paintings on the wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero/public/2024-05/Garrick2.jpg?h=c7d115ad&itok=hIpVBaT1)
Two votes, three decades apart.
4min read