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.

Interview
  1. Change
  2. Faith
A women stands beside in a corridor beside a large window through which a wing of a building and a distant hillside can be see,

"Nobody is neutral": Kate Forbes on her Christian faith and political future

Robert Wright
Politician Kate Forbes knows how it feels when public life misunderstands a faith-led life. Robert Wright interviews her as she reflects on that experience and what next.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Change
  2. Development
A woman carries a plastic bucket on her head and held by raised arms and hands.

Finding an answer to poverty

Tarryn Pegna
A new TV ad challenges stereotypes around how to help the poor. Tarryn Pegna unpacks the impact of one of the most effective ways to eradicate poverty.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Addiction
  2. Change
A neo-Romanesque church sits at the acute corner of two roads. To its side a tower block rises over a row of low-rise flats.

Eden in the East End

Belle Tindall
Belle Tindall writes of her afternoon in an East End kind of Eden, and tells the stories of how, through All Hallow’s Church, Christianity is being lived out in Bow.
6min read
Article
  1. Care
  2. Change
Two people sit at a table with their hands resting on top of it. One speaks to the other

Social prescribing for whole person care

Esther Platt
Responding to an anxiety epidemic, there’s a growth in social prescribing with a spiritual wellbeing element. Esther Platt explores how it's working out locally.
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Freedom
An arched gateway to a prison sits behind a low raised wall. No windows are visible

Coping in the chaos: Pentonville’s neurodiverse unit is changing prison life

Nick Jones
A radical and caring prison experiment has changed both prisoners and wardens. Nick Jones visited London's oldest prison.
3min read
Article
  1. Attention
  2. Change
a puppy sleeps on a cushion

Life lessons from the pup

Natalie Garrett
A new arrival reminds Natalie Garrett how to learn much about a life of simplicity and joy.
4min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Trauma
A blurred exposure of a person under a hood turning their head to the side.

What to do when life interupts

Roger Bretherton
Mental Health Week acknowledges the many traumas and interruptions in life, notes clinical psychologist Roger Bretherton - who analyses how we might respond to them.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Change
  2. War & peace
People help unload aid parcels from the side of a van, some wearing body armour.

Millions of Ukrainians on the move set off an aid revolution

Simone Di Vicenz
Christian Aid’s Head of Humanitarian Policy Simone Di Vicenz argues the Ukraine war shows a change in approach is required to respond more effectively to global crises.
3min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Climate
Girls stand in the northern Kenyan scrubland holding water bottles.

Chasing the rains: why gender equality matters in development

Jane Cacouris
An encounter with a Maasai woman, leaves Jane Cacouris pondering another encounter at a well.
5min read
Explainer
  1. Attention
  2. Change
A bee rests on a human hand sipping a liquid.

Meditation and meaning beyond the bee 

Jane Williams
Beyond noticing the moment, Jane Williams sees another dimension to meditation, giving a different kind of account of what is going on.
3min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
A pile of coins in focus at the bottom of an out of focus glass tube.

When nuns held up a bank

Ryan Gilfeather
A community fearing being left behind, takes novel action to help change its economic and social fortune. Ryan Gilfeather tells the tale.
3min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Death & life
A pocket watch rests next to a black and white photograph of a father lying beside a new born baby.

The really annoying thing about dying

Roger Bretherton
In his first Notes from Solitude, the death of his dad causes Roger Bretherton to reflect on the relationship and the strange emergence of 'father’.
6min read