Creed

Our capacity to distract ourselves from the bigger questions is nothing new. Born 400 years ago this month, Pascal noted something similar and that got him thinking. Graham Tomlin tells his story.

As World Refugee Day approaches, Barnabas Aspray explores a powerful command to embrace and welcome ‘the other’.

We all find ways of not simply saying sorry. Not just former prime ministers. Graham Tomlin unpacks why it’s getting harder to say sorry in our culture.

A mantra-laden spin class generated more than sweat for Alianore Smith, it raised philosophical questions too.

Long-distance cycle rides give Graeme Holdsworth time to contemplate traveling from light to darkness and back again. And, to grapple with the wordless way our bodies do what they were created to do.

Reflect on living with the illogical beauty of feeling hemmed in by faith.

A turn of phrase leads Andrew Steane to consider what we say and what we really mean when we say we believe in something.

Modern day christenings might appear fairly benign on the surface, says Julie Canlis, but they still bear vestiges of an older, more perilous, rite of baptism.

Considering authorship, Barnabas Aspray unpacks what the creeds mean by ‘creator’ - the source of all reality.

In the second of a series, biologist and priest, Andrew Davison, examines why it’s important to keep up with biology’s big debates.

There are paths through the thicket of loss that mental illness causes. Rachael Newham explores lament.

A new report on relationships caught the media headlines. Lauren WIndle is inspired by its take on being single.