Do you need a therapist to evaluate your mental health?
Ike Odina, psychotherapist, counsellor, and lecturer at the London School of Theology, joined Mal Pope on Faith, Hope, and Love to give us tips and advice on improving our mental health.
New Year's revelations!
Sister Gemma Simmonds returned to the show to give her New Year's reflections with Mal Pope, including how to forgive your enemies this year and also how to finally get around to reading the Bible in one year!
Nativity traditions you never knew were false
Rev Ian Paul joined Carlton Baxter to discuss the well-known stories and traditions of the Nativity story, answering your questions in the process... (Warning: The tangibility of Santa is mentioned, so play out of earshot of children if they are that way inclined)
How faith inspired this neo-classical composer
Cephas Azariah is a composer whose life started in India and Oman before coming to the UK. He shares with Carlton Baxter about his relationship with faith and music, sharing some of his new songs along the way.
How God has sustained a community after a massacre
Bishop Ayuba Matawal's Christian community was rocked on the 23rd and 24th of December 2023 when hundreds were killed and thousands displaced by extremists in his local area of Bokkos. One year on... He shares with Carlton Baxter how trauma has affected the community and how Faith has helped him in the process.
Is it ok to not be ok this Christmas?
Smile... It's Christmas! Shaun Lambert returns to Faith, Hope and Love with Fiona Stewart to discuss the tension between accepting that life is hard, especially at Christmas, and our hope in Jesus.
How to love thy neighbour this Christmas
Alex Drew from Faith in Later Life joined Mal Pope to discuss how we, as Christians, can better care for the lonely this Christmas. faithinlaterlife.org/love-my-neighbour/
From life under apartheid to a leading civil servant in the UK!
Kam Flynn is a civil servant in the UK but grew up in a Hindu family in South Africa under the apartheid regime. She shares how her mother's newfound Christian faith helped them through many challenges, including being cut off from their Indian culture.
I secretly listened to Christian radio under the bed covers as a child!
How did you first listen to the gospel message? Judith Cox discusses the power of Radio and her new devotional book, Ready...Go!
The understated joy of rest
Dr Beckie Howie is a GP and health coach who joined Reverend Carlton Baxter to give key advice on avoiding burnout and restoring our bodies, minds, and souls.
We asked a Nun your best questions!
Sister Gemma Simmonds joined Carlton Baxter to answer listener questions on her life as a Sister of the Congregation of Jesus.
Helping over 100 thousand foster children
Dave Linton is the founder of Madlug, a company that sells bags to help support children in foster care. He joined his friend and fellow Northern Irishman Carlton Baxter to share his inspirational testimony of seeing a need and doing something about it.
How can we take better care of the homeless?
Pastor Mick Fleming joined Fiona Stewart to give key advice this Christmas for how we as Christians can help the increasing number of homeless on our streets today and welcome them into our churches without making them feel out of place...
Tales of faith from Lebanon
Rouba Yammine is a Church leader in Beirut, Lebanon. She shares her story and the state of Christianity in Lebanon this December and shares some encouraging testimonies in the midst of an unstable geopolitical landscape!
I asked for death, but Jesus helped me through my cancer journey
Becki Breneau has faced incredible challenges, from falling into a coma in her teens to losing several loved ones too soon; her faith gave her strength through it all. More recently, she has endured multiple cancer diagnoses and immense pain. In her conversation with Carlton Baxter, she shares how Jesus' suffering helped her overcome her own.