Have you ever had grand dreams of being great at something, only for them to disappear?

Richard reflects on what happens when life doesn’t turn out the way we’d hoped. 

'I love going for walks, but when I walked down to the beachfront that morning I had no idea that I was going to lose my legs.'

How would you cope if you suddenly lost both your legs? What changes would it bring to your life and relationships? Dean talks about his near-death encounter with an illness that ended up taking both his legs. Together with his wife, they share how they found renewed hope in a future without legs.

“Science gives us this information of what things are, how they come tobe, but it doesn’t explain why the universe was created and that’s whereI find faith fills the gap.”

Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered how everything came to be? Is all just a random series of events or is there really a Creator behind it all?

Trained astrophysicist, Ben Ridley, shares his understanding of how faith and the cosmos have a distinct relationship and how it can help us understand the universe from a Christian perspective.

“I think that all of us move into and out of loneliness. Some people tragically find themselves all alone. None of us were meant for that.”

We may be surrounded by people, but if we don’t feel known by them, it can seem that we don’t even exist. Loneliness often stems from a feeling of not being known. So how can we overcome isolation and restore connection? James Winderlich shares that we were created for community and how to find connection to break through loneliness.  

“Many of us spend more waking hours with people at work, our colleagues, than we do with our family”

We often separate our work from our personal life and even our spiritual lives. But with so much of our time spent at work, could our faith have a lasting impact on the job? Craig and Susan from ‘Engage Work Faith’ explore the vital role our faith has in the workplace.

What do you do when someone you love has a different opinion than yours? Do you keep quiet, aggressively push back, or just avoid ‘those’ conversations? Why do we feel awkward when someone believes something different to us? Celia and Ali discuss how we maintain relationships with people who have different values orcore beliefs.

“If I look back over my life, what would I choose to do if I could start again?  I could have been a doctor, I could have been a nurse, I could have been a teacher. But I look back and go, no, financial counselling, because I was supporting people in this complex financial system, which has become more and more complex.”

Financial counsellor, Jan, shares her experience of supporting peoplegoing through financial crisis.

Bart and Anne's life was turned upside down when their son, Pascal, received a diagnosis of a rare genetic disorder at eight months old. Hear what Bart has learned from Pascal's journey, and where he finds hope in the face of constant uncertainty.  

“I had this happy life one day and the next day it had all fallen to bits. I just completely shattered. I’ve lost this little child and no-one seems to care.”

Deborah’s dreams of being a mother to a happy family were shattered when she suffered a miscarriage and her relationship fell apart.Deborah struggled with all-consuming grief until one day, she was offered hope and healing.

We all have injustices that break our heart, those moments of not being able to bear standing on the sidelines to watch things that we want desperately to see changed in this world.  Kenyan refugee aid worker, Mary Obara, faces these moments every day. Hear Mary's story of bringing dignity and hope to refugees in Kenya and Somalia.