How tough is the road to rehabilitation and what difference can prison workers make to those on this journey? Governor Nicola Marfleet shares her insight on these issues as she discusses what life is like behind bars.

How can we better respond to parents struggling with the diagnosis of a life limiting condition for their baby or for those who are bereaved of a new child? 

Karen and Gordon Palmer share their emotional journey of losing baby Jennifer and provide guidance on how Christians can better support those struggling with this same heartbreak.

Martin Luther King Jnr, the black American Civil Rights Leader of the 20th Century famously spoke of black boys and girls holding hands with white boys and girls as brothers and sisters. So why in the next century does this still remain a dream for so many? 

In this Life Issues, we’ll be focusing on the subject of Racism and what we as Christians can do to make the dream a reality in our own lives, church and wider society. Paul Hammond is joined by Chine McDonald, Author of 'God Is Not A White Man' and Dr Krish Kandiah.

Ever notice how Doubt gets a bad press in Christianity? Always seen as a negative & dangerous, but what if doubt is not always the evil pitfall, but is sometimes the compost from which the green shoots of faith can spring? What if the danger is not that we doubt, but that we deny doubt, pretend that it does not exist & so do not handle it well what if that is the real issue & the real pitfall.

Brian McLaren is author of ‘Faith after Doubt - Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It’

In a second Life Issues dedicated to the theme of ‘Immanuel – God with us’ Martin Ayres unpacks the profound reality of what the promise of God’s presence means for every-day life.

God’s presence with his people has looked different at different points in history. In this episode of Life Issues Dr Jon Andrews takes us on a fascinating journey to explore these different manifestations in celebration of our 2021 Christmas theme ‘Immanuel-God with us in our everyday life’.