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
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
Explainer
  1. Addiction
  2. Change
Three signs attached to a fence read: Don't Give Up, One Day At A Time, and Your Mistakes Don't Define You.

Resolutions: the addict’s guide to making a change

Lauren Windle
Don’t give up on giving up something. Lauren Windle explains how to arm yourself best for success.
11min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
Two older men lean agains the wall of a football club's entrance, next to thin open doorways.

Letter from Burnley: the shifting sands of the cost of living crisis

Alex Frost
With a worsening crisis affecting his community, Alex Frost reflects on the growing struggle and the impact on its people.
5min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Identity
A man in a blue jumper holds a yellow sign reading 'believe'.

Self-belief: what Ted and Taylor get wrong

Roger Bretherton
Psychologist Roger Bretherton questions whether believing in ourselves is all it’s cracked up to be, despite what culture icons might say.

7min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Christmas survival
A light green pine tree stands amidst dark green forest and its black shadows

The shadow under the Christmas tree

Roger Bretherton
Psychologist, Roger Bretherton, offers advice for those who find it challenging to spend time with the family at Christmas.
Part 1 of Unwrapping God This Christmas.
7min read
Essay
  1. Change
  2. Christmas survival
clients of a charity queue beside a table of suppliers in a church

An Acton nativity and a new crisis at Christmas time

Robert Wright
Inspired by a Christmas visit of Jose and Maria, West London churches aiding asylum seekers now expect a wave of evictions, Robert Wright discovers.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Fashion
Three women stand, two lean into each other sharing a joke, while the other laughs too.

Benefiting from the many facets of beauty

Belle Tindall
A jewellery start-up is challenging empowerment and agency.
5min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Christmas survival
An animated scene shows a man in a Christmas jumper and a child look around a corner into something and be delighted

Team Christmas and the three gifts of Christmas

Roger Bretherton
How can we push past the stresses of the festive season to rediscover the magic? Roger Bretherton tells us how he learned to find joy in being on Team Christmas. Part 2 of Unwrapping God this Christmas.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Freedom of Belief
A sunset dramatically silhouette's a ruined tower and people at its base.

A tale of two Septembers

Anush Petrosyan
The recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is already a twice forgotten war. Forced to flee twice, Anush Petrosyan describes the experience.
3min read
Editor's pick
  1. Art
  2. Change
A art installaton showing purple and pink flame-like shapes moving in a darkened room

The bold museum reflecting a “moonlight” experience of the unseeable

Robert Wright
Robert Wright visits the UK's only Faith Museum, in Bishop Auckland, and hears how its funder hopes to inspire reflection on the divine.
7min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Freedom of Belief
a Lebanese meal of many dishes displayed on a table.

Letter from Amman: discovering resilience around the dinner table

Belle Tindall
Dining in a different culture lets Belle TIndall contemplate struggle and belonging across the heartlands of the Middle East.
7min read
Article
  1. Art
  2. Change
Two gallery vistor stair at four photo portraits of The Beatles.

Imagine a day in the life of a Beatle

Jamie Mulvaney
From an era before selfies, Paul McCartney’s cache of photos, even the out of focus ones, prompts Jamie Mulvaney to consider what perspective we need on ourselves.
4min read