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.

Podcast
  1. Awe and wonder
  2. Biology
A man talks animatedly.

Francis Collins: re-enchanting wisdom

Nick Jones
Covid, faith, polarised politics and the battle for truth.
1min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Death & life
A family with a mother holding a small child, look up and to the left.

Letting go and welcoming in

Mica Gray
Your new life will cost you your old one. It's OK.
4min read
Snippet
  1. Change
  2. Development
Migrants on a freight train reach for food bags held aloft by people on the track side.

Travelling in a world of refugees

Steve Dew-Jones
Reconciling the contrasting journeys of travellers and the migrant.
5min read
Snippet
  1. America
  2. Change
Two people sit at the table, one dictates as the other types. Behind a banner reads: write a postcard to the next president.i

How America reckons with its fractured reality

Jared Stacy
The first thing is always to listen. To sit. To feel.
3min read
Snippet
  1. America
  2. Change
Crowd barrier surround empty space at a night time political rally.

The utter miracle of disliking an election result

Belle Tindall
Voting is a profound act of love, argues Luke Bretherton, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford University.
3min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Politics
An ambassador presents credential to President Trump

How to be a wise diplomat about the election result

Emerson Csorba
It’s not just American citizens weighing-up and trading-off.
5min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Freedom of Belief
A conference speaker at a podium against a backdrop of blue.

Don’t send us back, North Korean escapee tells China

Belle Tindall
Timothy Cho hopes to help those still trying to escape.
9min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Death & life
A rockpool on a beach reflects the sun, a castle stands beyond the sand dunes

Beauty’s extraordinary masterpiece

Katherine Amphlett
Gathering like figures in a painting, a family grieves.
4min read
Article
  1. Ageing
  2. Care
An elderly woman wearing headphone looks up and to the side with a big smile.

A Tolkien poem helps a nurse understand the ravages of dementia

Helen Cowan
'Not all who wander are lost.'
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Psychology
Under a tree, backlit by a sun set, two people sit in chairs outside and talk.

Recovery came softly

From Mockingbird
A vision of grace amid an eating disorder.
5min read
Article
  1. Care
  2. Change
A nurse bends beside a bed and talks to a patient

Are we forgetting how to care?

Helen Cowan
The profound act at the heart of nursing.
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
Kier Starmer walks along a residential development's path with two other people.

Camden: what’s up in Keir’s backyard?

Simon Walsh
The new Prime Minister’s constituency has valuable lessons for the country.
6min read