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Christian learning resources

Explore Christian spirituality, faith and social justice with our unique library of films, podcasts, panel discussions and specially-commissioned reflections.

Find films, podcasts and written reflections exploring a huge range of subjects – from Rowan Williams’ talk ‘Jesus Christ: The Unanswered Questions' to 'A Spirituality of the Body’ to David Suchet’s mesmerising reading of the whole of the Gospel According to Mark.

Audience
Adele wears army fatigues and a helmet and stands in front of a shelter in woodland. She wears a badge which says Padre Rees.
Written reflection
Peace
Remembrance
VE Day
War
WW2
Reflections on being a Chaplain to the Armed Forces from Revd Adéle Rees CF for the month of May as we remember VE Day 80 years on.
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Film and video
Activism
Black experience
Black History Month
Hope
Race
Racial justice
Vocation
Kelly Brown-Douglas and Paula Gooder reflect together on vocation and preaching, on racial justice and, most importantly, on hope.
Bishop Rose is a black woman wearing a pink jacket over a black clerical shirt and a cream knotted scarf. She stands in front of a microphone and lectern in the wren suite of St Paul's Cathedral.
Film and video
Black experience
Black History Month
Church
Gender
Life stories
Women
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin talks about her autobiography, reflecting particularly on the theme of 'a wonderful life and a wonderful God'.
David is a white man with light brown hair and a darker beard, sitting outside in a garden chair, wearing a pale blue short sleeved shirt.
Written reflection
Easter
Holy Week
Jesus
Lent
Resurrection
David Benjamin Blower reflects on the Messiah as we move through Holy Week into Easter.
Podcast
History podcast
Who was Grinling Gibbons? Not just a man with a fantastic name, but also the master carver behind the incredible carvings around the Cathedral, including those in the Quire stalls and the floral garlands on the North exterior of the building. Find out more about his life and his contributions to St Paul’s, as well as how they’ve evolved over time through numerous restoration projects, in today’s podcast episode. This podcast is produced and presented by Douglas Anderson. View all our Stories from St Paul's podcasts.
Andrew is a white man with short grey hair and black rimmed glasses wearing a clerical collar, black shirt and black jacket. The lamps of the quire of St Paul's in the background.
Written reflection
Lent
Pilgrimage
Spirituality
Lent
Andrew Tremlett reflects on pilgrimage for the season of Lent.
Chine is a black woman with long curly black hair wearing a dark blue dress and standing at a lectern in St Paul's Cathedral
Film and video
Bible
Mary
Race
Women
Chine McDonald deconstructs the myth of perfect motherhood in the light of 2,000 years of cultural depictions of the Virgin Mary.

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