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Have you been watching Eastenders recently? There's a heart-rending storyline in the programme at the moment, as a young mum Lola, comes to the end of her fight with a brain tumour. Last week, Lola decided to get baptised.. But what impact does a spiritual moment like this have on the viewers, and how tricky is it to write a scene like this well? Paul Kerensa (a TV writer) and Rev […]

Matt Redman is one of our best loved worship leaders in the UK, and has found international acclaim too! For nearly 30 years he's been writing songs that express the whole spectrum of worship - from joyful praise like 'Let Everything that Has Breath' and our deeper concerns such as 'Heart of Worship', and helping us to come to God whatever we are feeling in his best loved song, '10,000 […]

Every Monday morning, we speak to a senior church leader around the country to find out what's happening in their neck of the woods, and they help us take the spiritual temperature of the nation… For the latest edition, Esther Higham was joined by Rev'd Lindsey Sanderson, incoming Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) National Synod of Scotland. They spoke about life post-COVID and what role drama has played […]

What's your favourite hymn? Do you have a hymn that's helped you grow in your faith? Hymns We Love  is a new course using well-loved hymns to help draw people to faith - specifically aimed at older people. Pippa Cramer MBE, who began Hymns We Love as a part of the Daily Hope Telephone Line during the pandemic, spoke to Premier's Esther Higham.

How are your sea legs? Do you know your bow from your stern? Well Russ Fairman from SailingPilgrimages.co.uk certainly knows his way around a boat! For the next few months, a crew of keen sailors are celebrating the Stella Maris charity's 100 years of service to seafarers and fishers by making the 2,400 mile journey around Britain by boat! The crew departed from Southampton at the end of April and […]

Did you know that if you're a Christian, you believe in a God with the name Josh! According to writer and film maker, Jared Brock, Jesus would probably have been known as Yehoshua ben Yehoseph. In Jared's new book, A God Named Josh, he seeks to bring back into focus Jesus' nature as a real living, breathing human being. He spoke to Premier's Esther Higham all about the book...

Dr Gary Chapman first framed the 5 Love Languages in 1992, responding to the needs of couples in his own church. More than 30 years later it's still transforming relationships. He tells Premier's Esther Higham why these Biblical principles still work in an increasingly confusing sexual landscape, and how they've helped his own marriage survive into its 7th decade.