Life Issues

[Originally broadcast the week of 21st November 2022]

Longing for a hope-filled perspective on dementia? Dr Jennifer Bute’s approach to living with the condition will inspire you.

[Originally broadcast the week of 18th December 2023]

Do you struggle to share your faith? Find it difficult to bring Jesus into every day conversations? Afraid you won't have the answer to a difficult question? Maybe you don't want to come across sounding preachy?

But if the gospel is good news for EVERYONE and faith comes by hearing… how do we talk about Jesus without looking like an idiot? This week’s Life Issues with Andy Bannister, Author of How to talk about Jesus without looking like an idiot.

As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we remember when Nazi Germany officially surrendered to the Western Allies, ending the Second World War in Europe. What about those Christians who resisted the occupation, like Corrie Ten Boom and her family? Pete Peterson, Artistic Director, of Rabbit Room Theatre and playwriter of The Hiding Place, and Nan Gurley, the actress who played Corrie Ten Boom in the stage adaptation of the book, have been sharing how Corrie led an underground Dutch resistance against the Nazi’s and helped hundreds of Jews escape the Holocaust.

[Originally broadcast the week of 4th April 2022]

Gardening – it’s is one of the nation’s favourite hobbies. But are we overlooking the spiritual insight it offers? Richard Littledale took up 'project garden' to help combat the loneliness of bereavement, only to find that the physical transformation of his garden mirrored a real change in himself too. Tune in to this week’s Life Issues with to hear how he discovered more of God through his perspective as an ‘under gardener’.

Ever feel like you are not that important? An extra in the story, or part of the chorus rather than in a main role? The two disciples walking down the road to Emmaus on Resurrection morning were not part of the inner circle, ‘bit players’ you might say. Yet despite not being main characters, Jesus came to them in their confusion, listened to them and answered their need. So, what does that say for the rest of us ‘bit players’? It’s the Life Issues podcast this week: The Easter Walk That Changed Everything.

If Jesus is God’s ‘Passover Lamb’ could there be other images in the Passover meal that reveal the heart of Easter? Joining Paul to unpack the traditions and bring fresh insights to the Christian perspective is Joseph Steinberg, Chief Executive Officer at International Mission to Jewish People (formerly Christian Witness to Israel)

[Originally broadcast the week of 24th Feb 2020]

Do you ever get tempted and feel condemned by the impulses you have to fight? This week on Life Issues we’re asking what is temptation, why does it affect us so and where is the line between temptation and sin? Joining Paul as he muses why he is never tempted by celery but always by chocolate is John Stevens, National Director of Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.

[Originally broadcast the week of 29th April 2024]

Are you someone who can fall asleep easily? Or do you have trouble nodding off and struggle to wake up?

Have you ever wondered why we need sleep? Or what is happening to our bodies and minds when we are in slumberland?

Joining Helen to explore in this week's Life Issues is Dr Lindsay Browning, a neuroscientist and author of Navigating Sleeplessness.

[Originally broadcast the week of 8th Nov 2021]

Our news is often saturated with stories of hostilities across a divided world. We may even ask ourselves if there can be any hope for peace in these days? In this episode of Life Issues Dan Morrice encourages us with unreported and inspirational tales of peacemakers around the globe to spur us on in our own efforts to be people of peace.

[Originally broadcast the week of 8th Nov 2021]

Our news is often saturated with stories of hostilities across a divided world. We may even ask ourselves if there can be any hope for peace in these days? In this episode of Life Issues Dan Morrice encourages us with unreported and inspirational tales of peacemakers around the globe to spur us on in our own efforts to be people of peace.