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. Books
  2. Change
A painting shows two 19th century women in a carriage, one reading as the others snoozes.

Reading together helps us read our own lives better

Jessica Brown
The rush and tumble nearly squeezes the life out of the clock’s second hand.
5min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Character
A white arrow on tarmac points towards a setting sun and people walking by a silhouetted lamp post.

What’s the point of purpose?

Emerson Csorba
We need a wider understanding of our purpose – grand or small.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
Runners jog along a path into the sunset.

The power of running together

Jessica Norman
Park Run and the participation principle.
3min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Character
In a coffee shop, people sit around a table, one holds their hands up in surprise.

Why do people come into your life?

Emerson Csorba
The meaning behind those chance encounters.
7min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Character
A office worker wearing headphones looks out of a hectic and loud office space around which people are moving

Look out for the outliers

Roger Bretherton
Seeing the good qualities in others lifts them, benefits us, and makes the world better.
4min read
Podcast
  1. Change
  2. Podcasts
A woman sits a a table with a microphone in front of her, she is talking and gestures with one raise hand upward.

Elizabeth Oldfield: re-enchanting... the seven deadly sins

Nick Jones
On the Re-enchanting podcast, Elizabeth Oldfield talks about wisdom, our common life and the things that most deeply bind us.
1min read
Essay
  1. Change
  2. Community
An aerial view at dusk of a brightly lit pier and promenade of the seaside town of Blackpool

Blackpool: how to make somewhere home

John Clifton
From tents to a town-wide regeneration, Blackpool’s hopeful placemaking.
8min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Character
Two men in seats adress a pyjamap-clad Ronald Regan.

Life is messy, take part

Emerson Csorba
James Baker's political vocation sheds light on why character counts in this networked world.
6min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Change
A country lane runs down a gentle hill between green and yellow fields under a cloud dappled sky.

What makes a journey a pilgrimage?

Graeme Holdsworth
Travel may broaden the mind, but pilgrimage can nourish a soul.
6min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Community
A grand dinner table set for a meal sits within a large room with paintings on the wall.

Reform votes: what really matters in the end

George Pitcher
Two votes, three decades apart.
4min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Politics
A man in a suit turns to look at the camera and behind him is a gallery of large painting

Stephen Timms: still on mission

Robert Wright
The MP on five decades trying to prove a Christian Tory wrong.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Mental Health
A man stands and looks at a neon sign reading 'need love and... '

Love is easy to say but hard to live

Elizabeth Wainwright
Love is not a one-time event. It is a practice.
7min read