Syria’s journey into hope
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Francesco Foti Edited by Josie Child This year’s Easter comes at a peculiar time in Syria’s journey towards post-war recovery. There are a multitude of challenges for both the Syrians and the international community to navigate if we are to see a self-determined Syrian people empowered to rebuild their country. The […]
The myth of tolerance
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Josie Child, PAX Producer What does it mean to be tolerant? The willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with. Although the language of tolerance has gained momentum and popularity in the 21st century, tolerance has long been celebrated as a backbone […]
Love should always win
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Kanika Phillip Edited by Josie Child We live in a world where religion is all around us. Whether we are religious or not, it shapes us all. Religion makes us who we are, it impacts our views and opinions which we have about others and in many ways, it determines how […]
Who can be loved?
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Josie Child, PAX Media Producer Valentine’s Day, or ‘The Feast of St. Valentine’ was originally a Western Christian feast day honouring an early saint named Valentinus. According to history/legend, in 270AD Bishop Valentinus performed illegal marriage ceremonies between young lovers. While in prison for doing this, he fell in […]
A new peace for Syria?
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Francesco Foti Edited by Josie Child This year was perhaps the first Christmas in Syria for a very long time that has been spent more or less peacefully. Images and videos painted a picture of normalcy, albeit a fragile one, being gradually restored. We could see people lighting candles and flocking […]
How does it feel to be a Christian student at university?
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Raphael Shotikare Edited by Josie Child I can’t answer that question for every student, but for me personally, I don’t find it very difficult. I don’t really feel different from other students. I’ve grown up as a Christian, so at university, I joined a Christian society, and it’s fun; we run […]
Is it important for young people to engage with people of different faiths?
Updated: Jun 6, 2019 Blog by Raphael Shotikare Edited by Josie Child Why should young people engage with people of different faiths? As well as helping us to understand our friends better, it also allows us to learn about different faiths and what they look like in the 21st century. Jesus’ golden rule was to ‘love […]
Why you shouldn’t celebrate family this Christmas
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By St.John Wright, Operations Director My childhood Christmases remain easily the most magical times of my life. The childish sense of wonder at the glory of the Christmas tree, the hilarity when it then toppled over and fell on my mother while she was knitting, the excitement around the stack of amazing […]
6 million rolls of sellotape
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Josie Child, PAX Media Producer Every year, the UK comes down with Christmas fever on a mass scale. Nobody is safe from this sugar-coated, glittery pandemic. Did you know that, every year in the UK, we put up 8 million Christmas trees, buy 6 million rolls of Sellotape, and drink 57 […]
What does science have to do with faith?
Updated: Aug 2, 2019 By Francesco Foti Edited by Josie Child If you believe in science, can you also believe in God? This video explores all the reasons why people might believe that the two – science and religious faith – are antithetic. It asks whether scientific progress alone can satisfactorily explain our existence. Religious people […]