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. Identity
A man sits cross legged in a park with a laptop on the grass in front of him. He looks to one side.
Could busyness really be the counterfeit of significance?
1min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Mental Health
a man in a wheelchair sits in a subway station holding a sign reading 'seeking human kindness'.
The company of those who care helps when handling traumas.
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Mental Health
A window sheds light through locked bars into a dusty and dark room,
How do we open the window to let the air in?
1min read
Essay
  1. Change
  2. Digital
A black and white image of Victorian women and a man standing together looking serious
Smartphone boycotters can learn from the match girl strike and other historical protests.
9min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Gaza
Medical staff stand beside a bed in which a man lies with an amputated leg.
Returning plastic surgeon Tim Goodacre reports on the struggles, the despair and the dignity of the people and the medics of Gaza during their long nightmare.
11min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Freedom
A somewat beaten white car parked on the side of a street.
Belle Tindal meets Dabrina, an Iranian contemporary, and compares their experience of living – from cars to believing.
5min read
Explainer
  1. Addiction
  2. Change
Three signs attached to a fence read: Don't Give Up, One Day At A Time, and Your Mistakes Don't Define You.
Don’t give up on giving up something. Lauren Windle explains how to arm yourself best for success.
11min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
Two older men lean agains the wall of a football club's entrance, next to thin open doorways.
With a worsening crisis affecting his community, Alex Frost reflects on the growing struggle and the impact on its people.
5min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Identity
A man in a blue jumper holds a yellow sign reading 'believe'.
Psychologist Roger Bretherton questions whether believing in ourselves is all it’s cracked up to be, despite what culture icons might say.

7min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Christmas survival
A light green pine tree stands amidst dark green forest and its black shadows
Psychologist, Roger Bretherton, offers advice for those who find it challenging to spend time with the family at Christmas.
Part 1 of Unwrapping God This Christmas.
7min read
Essay
  1. Change
  2. Christmas survival
clients of a charity queue beside a table of suppliers in a church
Inspired by a Christmas visit of Jose and Maria, West London churches aiding asylum seekers now expect a wave of evictions, Robert Wright discovers.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Fashion
Three women stand, two lean into each other sharing a joke, while the other laughs too.
A jewellery start-up is challenging empowerment and agency.
5min read