Christian faith is regularly considered to be 'a leap in the dark'. But daily we take countless steps of faith - faith that the food we eat and the water we drink won't harm us; the traffic will stop when we step out at a marked crosswalk and the flight we board will land safely at the destination for which we were ticketed. Today's reflection focuses on the faith of a father when Jesus healed his son from afar.

Death is the ultimate certainty we all face. It's why literature, film and philosophy so often dwell on the themes of our mortality. But it's rare that anyone claims they can do anything about it.

Jean Paul Sartre, the French existentialist anticipated the sense of aloneness people experience today. Jesus makes it clear that life is about more than bread for the body. Satisfying life calls for bread for our sou - which he alone can offer.

John continues his account of Jesus with a fourth sign - the miraculous provision of food for five thousand people.

Do we think that Jesus was the greatest teacher in history? Do we agree with the author HG Wells that 'Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history'? Or is there more to this? John records in chapter 5 of his gospel, the moment when Jesus healed a paralyzed man. This is the 3rd sign, giving a further clue to Jesus' true identity.

God has built into the universe, laws, the regularities we observe. However, these laws don't prevent him from intervening, if he chooses to create an irregularity which we call a miracle. Jesus performed his first miracle at a wedding in the small village of Cana in Galilee, when he turned water into wine. He did this for a bigger purpose than simply resolving an embarrassed bridegroom's dilemma. This miracle in John's Gospel is the first of the 7 signs revealing Jesus' true identity.

Despite the 2009 campaign by Atheism UK - There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life - people are still looking for answers to life's meaning because they are depressed, isolated and disillusioned. Many thinking people are now asking if their worldview needs to be reviewed.

Despite advertising and promotion by the atheist society in the UK, people are still disillusioned with life, depressed and alienated. Many are re-assessing their lives and philosophy of life which has resulted in an increased interest in Christianity.

In January 2009, the atheist society in the UK ran a campaign on London buses. The slogan read: There's Probably No God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life. However, people are still disappointed with life, depressed, lonely and disillusioned and many are re-thinking their philosophy of life. They are wondering if their worldview needs to be reviewed.

In 2009 the atheist society in the UK ran a campaign on London buses with the slogan: There's Probably No God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life. However people are still depressed, disappointed with life, lonely and disillusioned, so many are reassessing their philosophy of life. This podcast discusses some of these issues with reference to John's Gospel, chapter 1.