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.

Essay
  1. Change
  2. Community
An aerial view at dusk of a brightly lit pier and promenade of the seaside town of Blackpool

Blackpool: how to make somewhere home

John Clifton
From tents to a town-wide regeneration, Blackpool’s hopeful placemaking.
8min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Character
Two men in seats adress a pyjamap-clad Ronald Regan.

Life is messy, take part

Emerson Csorba
James Baker's political vocation sheds light on why character counts in this networked world.
6min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Change
A country lane runs down a gentle hill between green and yellow fields under a cloud dappled sky.

What makes a journey a pilgrimage?

Graeme Holdsworth
Travel may broaden the mind, but pilgrimage can nourish a soul.
6min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Community
A grand dinner table set for a meal sits within a large room with paintings on the wall.

Reform votes: what really matters in the end

George Pitcher
Two votes, three decades apart.
4min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Politics
A man in a suit turns to look at the camera and behind him is a gallery of large painting

Stephen Timms: still on mission

Robert Wright
The MP on five decades trying to prove a Christian Tory wrong.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Mental Health
A man stands and looks at a neon sign reading 'need love and... '

Love is easy to say but hard to live

Elizabeth Wainwright
Love is not a one-time event. It is a practice.
7min read
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.

How to be (un)successful

Pete Portal
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'.

Don't try and cope on your own

Katherine Amphlett
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,

Removing pain’s barriers to healing

Katherine Amphlett
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

Time to strike a match under the social media titans

Abigail Frymann Rouch
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.

Eye witness: life and death in Gaza’s European Hospital

Graham Tomlin
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.

Freedom of belief: The harsh scars of lived experience in Iran

Belle Tindall
Belle Tindal meets Dabrina, an Iranian contemporary, and compares their experience of living – from cars to believing.
5min read