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
  1. Change
  2. Community
A man presents a heart shaped paper token towards the camera

The day everything felt different

Derek Hughes
A tiny congregation in a forgotten town tried something fragile
4min read
Snippet
  1. Change
  2. Community
An elderly Elvis impersonator sits on a stage wearing a gold suit.

How London’s little festivals opened the door to my community

Thomas Sharpe
Helping an elderly Elvis to his gig gave me a glimpse into a new way of city living
3min read
Snippet
  1. Change
  2. Mental Health
A man walks a dog along a misty city park path.

When the seasons shift, so do we

Rachael Newham
Autumn brings beauty and melancholy in equal measure
3min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
Wassailers emerge from a shed beside a wood

In an age of disconnection, I want to belong

Elizabeth Wainwright
Old rituals offer reasons to stay linked together even when the world is trying to pull us apart
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
A render of a new housing estate showing a road, wooden fences and clapperboard hosues.

Poverty is part of the blueprint on newbuild estates likes ours

Imogen Ball
Building community is about more than how many bedrooms you’ve got
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
People sit in a busy cafe.

Why cafes are sacred spaces

Joshua Nurcombe-Pike
Socrates had the agora, we have the cafe
4min read
Explainer
  1. Change
  2. Community
A people sumggler steers an overcrowded small boat.

The facts and our feelings both puncture the small boats-fuelled immigration argument

Roger Standing
From stats to sociology, how to be better informed on the issue
9min read
Interview
  1. Books
  2. Change
A man walks up a cobble street.

The book for those who didn't live happily ever after

Jean Kabasomi
Walk in my shoes, invites Mick Fleming
14min read
Snippet
  1. Care
  2. Change
Female prisoners hug their children who have climbed across a table to them.

Four things I’ve learnt from working with prisoners

Daniel Bey
Here’s why I care about the incarcerated
4min read
Interview
  1. Care
  2. Change
A teenager slumped against a sofa plays a video game

There’s a simple solution to society’s lost boys

Belle Tindall
Mentoring the fatherless helps and heals
5min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
A digital billboard on top of a London building reads: Make Earth Day Everyday.

Everything is a movement – and that’s as it should be

Julia Kendal
They’re powerful when they are marked by love, dignity and justice.
5min read
Snippet
  1. Care
  2. Change
On a doorstep a man hands a bottle of water to another man.

A day without water tapped into the best of us

Imogen Ball
In a crisis, community seeps through our walls.
2min read