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Days of the Week
The echoes of the past in the English days of the week
Paganism
Father Herbert McCabe on the overlapping traditions of religion and paganism
Childhood Assumptions
Why do children's stories equate happy endings with wealth and royalty?
Sunday School
Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on the shocking violence behind the story of Joshua and Jerico
Trust and Control
Reverend Rosemary Wakelin understands why some parents buy peace and quiet with sweets
Excitement
Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on "the weary routine and jargon" of religious expression
School Days
Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on how the school world serves as a microcosm of the real world
Kingship
Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on the difference between earthly and heavenly power
God in my Pocket
Reverend Rosemary Wakelin on desiring protection from unseen powers
Time
Do people experience time differently according to where they live?
The Third Commandment
Reflections on the commonplace practise of breaking the Third Commandment - blasphemy
The Sixth Commandment
Penny Faust discusses the Sixth Commandment - Thou shalt not kill
The Eighth Commandment
Penny Faust on the modern complications surrounding Thou shalt not steal
A Helping Hand
Canadian author Myrna Grant reflects on a missed opportunity to help a stranger
Joan Chittister on Haiti
Sister Joan Chittister on Haiti and the work of radical priest Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jainism
Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world and was practised by Gandhi
Hearing God
Myrna Grant describes hearing God in the sounds of nature
Taste
The difficulty of turning to God in times of despair
The Tenth Commandment
Penny Faust on resisting covetousness in the modern world
The Seventh Commandment
Penny Faust on how Thou shalt not commit adultery has fared in the modern world
Images of Buddhism
Why is Christ is portrayed as suffering on the cross and the Buddha in a state of peace?
The Ninth Commandment
Penny Faust on how the words that we use can be as damaging as the things that we do
Love
Father Jim Rosenthal on the importance of faith, hope, and love
The Second Commandment
Penny Faust on Thou shalt have no other gods before me
Fats Waller
Remembering the multi-talented American jazz pianist Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller
Christmas
The value of all births and all mothers - even single ones
Walls of Death
Thoughts on walls that keep people apart both physically and spiritually
Hanukkah
The history and meaning of Jewish festival Hanukkah
A Miracle
Do miracles happen any more? And does it matter if there are rational explanations?
Boxing Day
Poet Stewart Henderson and the list of things-to-do he makes on Boxing Day
Christmas Eve
Poet Stewart Henderson remembers the excitement of Christmas Eve when he was a child