UCB Life Issues

Are you passionate about ethically sourced food? Listen to this episode of Life Issues as Paul talks to Rev Elizabeth Clark, National Rural Officer for the Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and John Plumb, farmer from Warwickshire, as they discuss ethical farming and creation care.

Paul is joined by Dr. John Andrews

If Jesus is God’s “Passover Lamb” could there be other images in the Passover meal that reveal the heart of Easter?What is that thing with a piece of bread wrapped in white linen & hidden away for a while?

1 in 3 of us will develop Dementia of some sort, does that also mean that we all have a 30% chance that the person we love & have maybe spent our entire life with will gradually slip away from us while still being there? How does love help on the journey of dementia? This week “Living with Alzheimer’s (a love story)

Kintsuigi Hope - how God can take the damage & cracks in your life & make you a unique piece of art

David Bennett decided that the only way for him to live, as a Gay man who is following Jesus, is to be celibate. This got him wondering about the true nature of love & whether modern society’s obsession with the physical can be answered by the Biblical? So “What is Love”

Could it be that the Christian community & the LGBT community have more points of connection that they might imagine? And if someone identifies as Gay and as Celibate and as Christian are they serving as an example in Jesus or deluding themselves?

Do you ever get tempted? Feel condemned by the thoughts that run through your head or the impulses you have to fight? What is temptation, why does it affect us so, where is the line between temptation and sin, and why am I never tempted by celery but always by chocolate?

Do you ever fancy a bit of peace & quiet? How about a retreat? Could you cope with silence, sleeping under the stars or linking spirituality to exercise & being told you need to lose a bit of weight?

What happens when we die? Where do we go? Is heaven all fluffy clouds, harps & endless worship songs or something a bit more meaningful?

1 in 4 children in the UK live in a “single parent family”. Often we think about the effect that has on children, but what about the parents? Can you thrive as well as survive as a single parent?

Taking the road of discovery when life doesn’t go as planned.

At what point to our reasons become excuses to ignore God’s calling? Time to de-bunk some “missionary” myths

Paul is joined by Sharon

John Tancock joins Paul

Vicky talks to Maureen Greaves

Paul is joined by Elizabeth Clark and John Plumb

Paul is joined by Beth Allison along with Glenny and Lindsey Hall.

Paul is joined by Sue and John Whitehouse to discuss a very difficult subject.

Paul talks to Nona Jones, Facebook's head of Global faith-based partnerships to, to discuss Christians and social media

Paul is joined by Andrew Boyd and Stephen Rand

Paul is joined by Joseph Steinberg

Paul is joined by Simon Edwards from Walk Ministries to talk about life after prison

Vicky sits in for Paul and talks to Ian Buchanan. 

Paul is joined by Emma Waring

When life is stuck in a loop, how do you get unstuck?

God's Biker, the outcasts of society & the church that is often a mix of AA meeting & Casualty department

50 years ago from mankind landing on the moon, why are we still fascinated with life beyond planet earth?

To eat or not to eat? That's the question Paul Hammond asks guest David Clough, especially when it comes to meat and how we treat animals.

Paul is joined by Jane Clamp

Paul is joined by Liz Baddeley to talk about how to enjoy God in the cathedral of the outdoors