Words of Faith Episodes Episode guide
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The Desert
What was it about Egypt's deserts that created such burning faith?
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The Mountain
Reverend Angela Tilby talks about her visit to Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula
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The Cave
Reverend Angela Tilby on her visit Saint Anthony's refuge
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Is There Power in Prayer?
Does prayer make any difference to life at all?
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Modern Miracles
Does the definition of a miracle change with time?
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Evolution and Love
Is there a scientific difference between love and instinct?
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What Does Faith Mean?
Reverend Canon Alan Race considers the 'kaleidoscopic' meanings of the word faith
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Saint Irenaeus
The story of Saint Irenaeus - diplomat, writer, and teacher
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Saint Peter
Remembering Jesus' disciple, Peter
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The Martyrdom of the Bab
The martyrdom of the Bab, the herald of the Bahai faith
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Source of the Jordan
On the River Jordan and Psalm 42:7: "Deep calls to deep at the thunder of thy cataracts."
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Jonah and the Whale
Why didn't Jonah want to go to Nineveh? And why did he ask to be thrown overboard?
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Hezekiah's Tunnel
Roger Scopes' memories of wading through Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem
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Climbing Mount Sinai
Is it necessary for the faithful to go on pilgrimage to Mount Sinai or Jerusalem?
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The Refugee
On how the story of the refugee is as old as humanity
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Pondering 'The Beginning'
Thoughts on Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden: whose fault was it?
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The Story of Abraham
On how Abraham was an unlikely choice to start a "revolution in the human heart"
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Biblical Journeys
Is it better to travel hopefully than to arrive?
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Necessary Failure
On the importance of learning from failure
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Secular Poetry
How reading non-religious poetry has brought comfort to a commuting chaplain
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Moral Nostalgia
Are the young really irreligious and irresponsible? Presented by Rosemary Foxtcroft.
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The Power of Boredom
Is feeling bored a creative and spiritual necessity?
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Divided Minds
What does being in 'two minds' about something reveal about ourselves?
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Body Language
The ceremonies, signs, and symbols of everyday life
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Why Was I Created?
Is our capacity for worship and wonder what makes us human?
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The Wizard of Oz
Maggie Roux on the journey to our deepest selves and the power of myth
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Chorus Line
Maggie Roux on the power of revelation in the movie Chorus Line
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Terminator
Do the Terminator films have soul? Presented by Maggie Roux
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Dead Man Walking
On Sister Helen Prejean a leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty
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Religious Life - Poverty
The vow of poverty and its spiritual discipline. Presented by Sister Lavinia Byrne