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Ambition
Character
A man with a beard and glasses, leans back and to one side while takking and holds open hand in front of himself

Miroslav Volf: the cost of ambition

Nick Jones
Does ambition make us a better version of ourselves, or does it diminish us? A GodPod podcast.
1 min read
Authored on
2024-08-02
Essay
Creed
Monsters
Planet Earth viewed in totality from space. Africa and Arabia are visible under some cloud in the south.

A story of home

Miroslav Volf
Why was the world created? By examining the nature of home, and identifying the monsters we let invade it, Miroslav Volf seeks answers to one of life’s big questions.
11 min read
Authored on
2023-03-23
Interview
America
Creed
A protest placard is held above a march, reading 'If you don't change it, you choose it'.

Is reconciliation possible in America’s culture wars?

Miroslav Volf
Understanding a strange kingdom of anxiety and belligerence.
16 min read
Authored on
2024-03-20
Essay
Comment
Identity
A person holds the vertical tall steel bars of a border fence.

Strangers and identity in a global age of nationalism

Miroslav Volf
Exploring inclusive and exclusive nationalism, the challenge to dialogue with those who may see things differently.
11 min read
Authored on
2023-11-04
Podcast
Community
Podcasts
A man sitting at a table with a mic on it, raises his hands in gesture as he speaks.

Krish Kandiah: re-enchanting... riots, refugees and right vs. left

Nick Jones
Talking about re-enchanting compassion for the 'orphan, widow and foreigner' in a divided culture.
1 min read
Authored on
2024-10-16
Article
Comment
General Election 24
A grainy surveillance picture of an rusty boat overloaded with people

What small boats tell us about belonging

George Pitcher
Do I belong to these politics? And do these politics belong to me?
4 min read
Authored on
2024-06-20
Article
Comment
Grenfell disaster
A white building wrap around a tower is topped by a green heart and the slogan: Grenfell Always In Our Heaets.

Grenfell: how long should we remember?

Graham Tomlin
There are good and bad ways of remembering.
6 min read
Authored on
2025-02-06
Essay
Creed
Joy
Marketer stall traders and customers reach out arms and hands to exchange fruit and money above piles of produce.

Dreaming a world

Ryan McAnnally-Linz, Matthew Croasmun, and Miroslav Volf
When we dream a life, we dream a world. One of love, peace and joy. Such flourishing is a life led well, going well and feeling as it should.
10 min read
Authored on
2023-04-07
Snippet
America
Comment
a tattered American flag flies against a blue sky.

America: two nations under God?

Graham Tomlin
Red, blue, and rarely purple.
3 min read
Authored on
2024-11-28
Article
Comment
Weirdness
A parade particpant dressed as a bishop in green vestments with a false beard walks down a street.

Be more St Patrick

Jamie Mulvaney
How did the cultural icon win the hearts of the people that enslaved him?
3 min read
Authored on
2024-03-15
Snippet
America
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.
3 min read
Authored on
2024-11-05
Column
Comment
A grey multi-story accommodation barge floats beside a dock.

There’s more than one way to lose our humanity

George Pitcher
How we treat immigrants and how AI might treat humans weighs on the mind of George Pitcher.
4 min read
Authored on
2023-12-15
Events
Identity
Politics
A man talks to a camera with his hands together palms up and his finger interlaced.

June 3: Esau McCaulley and Graham Tomlin - get tickets now

Belle Tindall
Join us in London as we explore today's cultural moments.
4 min read
Authored on
2024-04-29
Article
Comment
Race
A street mural of Martin Luther King quoting him.

In search of Martin Luther King

Ian Hamlin
Wanting to put flesh on the bones of a much-fabled tale, Ian Hamlin begins a journey in search of his hero.
4 min read
Authored on
2023-11-02
Article
Creed
Death & life
A line of people, some old, some young, wait to cross a road.

How much is a human life worth?

Ryan Gilfeather
Concerned by the conditional responses to deaths in the Israel-Hamas war, Ryan Gilfeather considers why we should value all human lives.
5 min read
Authored on
2023-11-07
Article
Comment
Football
Silouhetted by red flare smoke, celebrating footballs wave red flags.

How I came to love my new neighbours

Sam Tomlin
Moving to Liverpool, home to the team he hated, challenges football supporter Sam Tomlin’s sense of belonging.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-01-22
Article
America
Conspiracy theory
a map depicts US states coloured red and blue.

US election: the primal stories trumping facts

Jared Stacy
Projections and polls cannot capture the power of stories shaping identity.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-09-18
Article
America
Conspiracy theory
A sleeping voter sits and snoozes next to voting booth.

Will America succumb to the undertow?

Jared Stacy
A returning expat asks if an exhausted majority is, in fact, asleep.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-04-10
Column
Ageing
Character
Joe Biden holds a fist to his chest as he stands and speaks.

What the Joe Biden story tells us about growing older

Graham Tomlin
Rather than mimicking the young, the elderly witness to a life well lived.
5 min read
Authored on
2024-07-03
Article
Community
Culture
A montage of two conversation participants side-by-side.

Nationality can never unite a nation

Graham Tomlin
For countless people, it’s a complicated thing.

5 min read
Authored on
2025-03-02
Article
Comment
Politics
Two people down a table turn and listen to someone closer talk, against a wall mural.

So, what are the prospects for peace and good will?

Emerson Csorba
2025 will need the reconcilers, and their pain.
6 min read
Authored on
2024-12-09
Explainer
Comment
Community
A black and white close up of the weather-beaten and wrinkled face and beard of a homeless man.

The rough sleeper: an icon of injustice

Jon Kuhrt
Each rough sleeper is a raw illustration of injustice. On an awareness day for both homelessness and mental health, Jon Kuhrt reflects on the root causes and yet sees hope.
6 min read
Authored on
2023-10-10
Review
Culture
Film & TV
in a dim room a couple stand off against each other.

Wealth is worth? Questioning the immigrant experience

Krish Kandiah
Garnering yet more awards, TV series Beef expertly explores identities. Krish Kandiah revisits the K-wave drama.
6 min read
Authored on
2024-01-16
Article
Creed
Nationalism
A protester wearing a Union Jack flag and hat and holding a cross, points while a man looks on.

Love is not an executive order: what Christian Nationalism gets wrong

Barnabas Aspray
Fear has never been a motivator of wise, just, and righteous action.
6 min read
Authored on
2025-05-27
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Creed
An author sits and listens.
Marilynne Robinson: “an ordinary person is as metaphysically amazing as Julius Caesar”
Nick Jones
Belief
Books
Creed
15 min read
A woman sits and smiles in front of her bookcase.
When the answers run out: Kate Bowler on faith, fragility, and the beauty of uncertainty
Nick Jones
Creed
Mental Health
Trauma
17 min read
Culture
A seated teenager stretches back bored, a phone is on the table in front of them
Could thinking and feeling become futile pastimes in the future?
Jamie Mulvaney
AI
Culture
Digital
Education
6 min read
A nun on a white horse, gallops across a snowy field, in black and white
Mother Vera: from heroin addict to heroine helping the recovering
Susan Gray
Addiction
Culture
Film & TV
Monastic life
5 min read
Comment
Elderly amateur sleuth stand by their pinboard.
Murder we wrote: how cosy crime and psycho-thrillers carve our minds
Theodore Brun
Books
Comment
Film & TV
Morality
6 min read
A Union Jack is draped over a railing, next to a red flag saying Jesus.
Which nation are you flying the flag for?
Julia Kendal
Comment
Identity
Nationalism
5 min read
Change
A people sumggler steers an overcrowded small boat.
The facts and our feelings both puncture the small boats-fuelled immigration argument
Roger Standing
Change
Community
Migration
Politics
9 min read
A knitted post box topper shows a group of people and the word powerhouse.
Local businesses can love their neighbours, here’s how
Marjorie Neasham Glasgow
Character
Community
Economics
4 min read

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