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Timothy Radcliffe asks ‘what’s the point of being a Christian?’ He makes the case, saying its characteristics are a transforming generosity, freedom and joy, both for individuals and the world.

Richard Coles talks about what he thinks a saint is, and some of the people, experiences and places who have helped form his own life of faith.

Etty Hillesum was a young Jewish woman living in occupied Amsterdam in the 1940s who chronicled both what was happening around her, and her own deepening spiritual life and refusal to hate or to hide. Patrick Woodhouse introduces her story, her thinking, what we might learn from it today, and reads from her writings.

Timothy Radcliffe OP and Paula Gooder's wide-ranging conversation about his latest book Alive in God, exploring the deep connections between faith, creativity, the imagination and the arts.

Andreas Loewe and Paula Gooder discuss the enduring legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

Drawing as well from the great liberation theologians and womanist theologians, Anupama Ranawana examines the connections between climate, poverty, race and colonisation.

Paula Gooder explores the Lord's Prayer, saying that what Jesus gave us was not just a single prayer but a set of guidelines for how to pray and how to live.

Stephen Cottrell, who describes himself as an experienced beginner in prayer, explores some of what prayer is and isn’t, and suggests some ways to pray. He says that at its heart it is simply the longing for God, and gives practical suggestions about how to begin and to keep going.

Esther de Waal explores the Rule of St Benedict and what it has meant to her.