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.

Article
  1. Change
  2. Fashion
Yes Friends campaign
Fast fashion antidote brand, Yes Friends, set out to save the world one t-shirt at a time. Its founders’ defiant optimism is proving to be rather infectious, writes Belle Tindall.
5min read
Editor's pick
  1. Change
  2. Hospitality
A baby plays with wooden toys on a carpert.
There’s a beautiful kind of hospitality, and this is it.
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Race
Equiano
How did a formerly enslaved person think about their faith, freedom, and vocation? Luke Bretherton explores the politics and theology of Olaudah Equiano, whose story was central to the abolitionist movement and continues to resonate today.
5min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Freedom of Belief
A man walks away down a drab street
As Refugee Week concludes, Belle Tindall moves beyond the headlines and learns the story of Azer and the thousands of churches who are providing a sense of home for those who have fled theirs.
4min read
Column
  1. Change
  2. Loneliness
A person stands in a road under misty street lights.
The tend-and-befriend response is present in many species, but it reaches a particular level of genius in ours, explains Roger Bretherton.
6min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Community
an aerial view of a shantytown on a steep hill side in Rio, Sugerloaf Mountain is visible in the distance
Why did a New York lawyer move to a Brazilian slum? Jane Cacouris talks to Luke Simone about his extraordinary story.
7min read
Interview
  1. Change
  2. Faith
A women stands beside in a corridor beside a large window through which a wing of a building and a distant hillside can be see,
Politician Kate Forbes knows how it feels when public life misunderstands a faith-led life. Robert Wright interviews her as she reflects on that experience and what next.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Change
  2. Development
A woman carries a plastic bucket on her head and held by raised arms and hands.
A new TV ad challenges stereotypes around how to help the poor. Tarryn Pegna unpacks the impact of one of the most effective ways to eradicate poverty.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Addiction
  2. Change
A neo-Romanesque church sits at the acute corner of two roads. To its side a tower block rises over a row of low-rise flats.
Belle Tindall writes of her afternoon in an East End kind of Eden, and tells the stories of how, through All Hallow’s Church, Christianity is being lived out in Bow.
6min read
Article
  1. Care
  2. Change
Two people sit at a table with their hands resting on top of it. One speaks to the other
Responding to an anxiety epidemic, there’s a growth in social prescribing with a spiritual wellbeing element. Esther Platt explores how it's working out locally.
4min read
Article
  1. Change
  2. Freedom
An arched gateway to a prison sits behind a low raised wall. No windows are visible
A radical and caring prison experiment has changed both prisoners and wardens. Nick Jones visited London's oldest prison.
3min read
Article
  1. Attention
  2. Change
a puppy sleeps on a cushion
A new arrival reminds Natalie Garrett how to learn much about a life of simplicity and joy.
4min read