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. Freedom of Belief
A conference speaker at a podium against a backdrop of blue.

Don’t send us back, North Korean escapee tells China

Belle Tindall
Timothy Cho hopes to help those still trying to escape.
9min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Death & life
A rockpool on a beach reflects the sun, a castle stands beyond the sand dunes

Beauty’s extraordinary masterpiece

Katherine Amphlett
Gathering like figures in a painting, a family grieves.
4min read
Article
  1. Ageing
  2. Care
An elderly woman wearing headphone looks up and to the side with a big smile.

A Tolkien poem helps a nurse understand the ravages of dementia

Helen Cowan
'Not all who wander are lost.'
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Psychology
Under a tree, backlit by a sun set, two people sit in chairs outside and talk.

Recovery came softly

From Mockingbird
A vision of grace amid an eating disorder.
5min read
Article
  1. Care
  2. Change
A nurse bends beside a bed and talks to a patient

Are we forgetting how to care?

Helen Cowan
The profound act at the heart of nursing.
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
Kier Starmer walks along a residential development's path with two other people.

Camden: what’s up in Keir’s backyard?

Simon Walsh
The new Prime Minister’s constituency has valuable lessons for the country.
6min read
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