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Sixty years ago Ken Loach directed the landmark BBC drama - 'Cathy Come Home'. It highlighted the realities of homelessness in Britain. The broadcast had a huge impact on public opinion and gave significant momentum to the newly launched charity Shelter, which was founded the same year. So, six decades on, why have we not ended homelessness? What role has the church played and is playing in all of this? And what does the Bible say about homelessness? In this episode of Life Issues, Rob Westall speaks to the Dr. Reverend Isaac Phubalan, the Provost of St. Andrew's Cathedral in Aberdeen and Miriam Morris, Chief Executive at Church Homeless Charity. Explore more from UCB:🔔JOIN OUR YOUTUBE COMMUNITY👉 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/4euxRxJ 📻 LISTEN ON DAB RADIO👉 UCB 1: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb1👉 UCB 2: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb2📱 DOWNLOAD THE UCB PLAYER APP👉 App Store: https://goo.gl/NMFFQr👉 Google Play: https://goo.gl/772raK📖 READ GOD'S WORD👉 http://ucb.co.uk/read🙏🏻 PRAYERLINE👉http://ucb.co.uk/pray🌐 VISIT OUR WEBSITE👉 http://ucb.co.uk📱 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA👉 Facebook: http://facebook.co.uk/ucbmedia👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/ucbmedia👉 X: http://twitter.co.uk/ucbmedia#UCB #ChristianRadio #Christianity #Faith #Jesus

What do you turn to the Bible for? To anchor you in the storms of life. To find wisdom in a moral crisis. To experience God’s love and faithfulness. Imagine getting a copy of one of the world’s best-selling books and not being able to read it. In this week’s Life Issues, Vicky Gibbens speaks to Robin Peake the Deputy CEO of Wycliffe Bible Translators about how the Bible can still be inaccessible for so many today because of a lack of translation. Explore more from UCB: 🔔JOIN OUR YOUTUBE COMMUNITY 👉 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/4euxRxJ 📻 LISTEN ON DAB RADIO 👉 UCB 1: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb1 👉 UCB 2: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb2 📱 DOWNLOAD THE UCB PLAYER APP 👉 App Store: https://goo.gl/NMFFQr 👉 Google Play: https://goo.gl/772raK 📖 READ GOD'S WORD 👉 http://ucb.co.uk/read 🙏🏻 PRAYERLINE 👉http://ucb.co.uk/pray 🌐 VISIT OUR WEBSITE 👉 http://ucb.co.uk 📱 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA 👉 Facebook: http://facebook.co.uk/ucbmedia 👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/ucbmedia 👉 X: http://twitter.co.uk/ucbmedia

Content warning: References to claims of misconduct, which include emotional, spiritual and physical abuse.Soul Survivor festivals in the UK attracted thousands of young people during the nineties and noughties. What is it like to be an adult today looking back to when you were a kid in the crowd? How do you reflect on those experiences after both a Church of England review and an independent report commissioned by trustees of Soul Survivor substantiated claims of misconduct by its founder Mike Pilavachi? In this Life Issues episode, Vicky Gibbens is joined by Dr Lucy Sixsmith, a Cambridge academic who attended those youth festivals as a teenager. She has been considering the ongoing influence of them in adulthood and the personal questions about her faith which have been prompted by this scandal. Her book is called ‘When the music fades: power, surrender and the Soul Survivor generation’. Explore more from UCB:🔔JOIN OUR YOUTUBE COMMUNITY👉 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/4euxRxJ 📻 LISTEN ON DAB RADIO👉 UCB 1: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb1👉 UCB 2: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb2📱 DOWNLOAD THE UCB PLAYER APP👉 App Store: https://goo.gl/NMFFQr👉 Google Play: https://goo.gl/772raK📖 READ GOD'S WORD👉 http://ucb.co.uk/read🙏🏻 PRAYERLINE👉http://ucb.co.uk/pray🌐 VISIT OUR WEBSITE👉 http://ucb.co.uk📱 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA👉 Facebook: http://facebook.co.uk/ucbmedia👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/ucbmedia👉 X: http://twitter.co.uk/ucbmedia

There are many ideologies and differing opinions in society placing expectations on young boys of what it means to be a man. Whether that's defined as "toxic masculinity," by some, or shaped by their upbringing, environment, experience and how their culture expects them to carry out their role, it can be a confusing world to grow up in with so many competing views - even in church circles. And more recently they are bombarded by controversial social media influencers in the so called 'Manosphere.' But what does it mean to be a man in today's society according to the Bible? In this week's edition of Life Issues, Dave Newton from Scripture Union joined Rob Westall to discuss - The manosphere: challenging views and behaviour.

Life is full of contrast. North and South, East and West, black and white, rich and poor – rural and urban. So what is the difference between how churches operate in a bustling city compared with a quiet rural community? Afterall the hope of the gospel message remains the same – but what are the challenges and opportunities in communicating with church communities in both environments? The Reverend Dr Cris Rogers and Reverend Cannon Sally Gaze join Rob Westall for this week's episode of Life Issues.

(Please note this episode was recorded back in 2020) We have changed our scheduled Life Issues for this week to respond to the tragedy at Big Church Festival. A pastor died and six others were injured by a falling sign at the festival last Friday. We continue to pray for all who are grieving at this time and processing what happened with the event being cancelled. We wanted to share a conversation which might be helpful and which speaks to some of the questions we have seen people posting on social media. Back in 2020, Vicky Gibbens spoke to author, theologian, and speaker Dr Amy Orr-Ewing when she released a book ‘Where is God in All the Suffering?’. She believes questions and doubts are not dangers to be avoided or suppressed, but can be companions on a journey towards a relationship with God, and a genuine exploration of faith. Explore more from UCB:🔔JOIN OUR YOUTUBE COMMUNITY👉 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/4euxRxJ 📻 LISTEN ON DAB RADIO👉 UCB 1: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb1👉 UCB 2: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb2📱 DOWNLOAD THE UCB PLAYER APP👉 App Store: https://goo.gl/NMFFQr👉 Google Play: https://goo.gl/772raK📖 READ GOD'S WORD👉 http://ucb.co.uk/read🙏🏻 PRAYERLINE👉http://ucb.co.uk/pray🌐 VISIT OUR WEBSITE👉 http://ucb.co.uk📱 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA👉 Facebook: http://facebook.co.uk/ucbmedia👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/ucbmedia👉 X: http://twitter.co.uk/ucbmedia#UCB #ChristianRadio #Christianity #Faith #Jesus

What does it really take to lead well, while still looking after your faith, your family and yourself? Church Leadership is a calling not a comfort zone and can require More than an Amen. That's the title of this week's Life Issues, where Ashley Andrew is joined by Matt MacDiarmid, Author of Ten things I wish I'd Known Before Leading a church . He talks about what’s important rather than simply reacting to what’s urgent, balancing the demands of ministry and family, handling unfair criticism, owning our mistakes, making space to pray—and even finding time to play a bit of cricket! Explore more from UCB:🔔JOIN OUR YOUTUBE COMMUNITY👉 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/4euxRxJ 📻 LISTEN ON DAB RADIO👉 UCB 1: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb1👉 UCB 2: http://ucb.co.uk/ucb2📱 DOWNLOAD THE UCB PLAYER APP👉 App Store: https://goo.gl/NMFFQr👉 Google Play: https://goo.gl/772raK📖 READ GOD'S WORD👉 http://ucb.co.uk/read🙏🏻 PRAYERLINE👉http://ucb.co.uk/pray🌐 VISIT OUR WEBSITE👉 http://ucb.co.uk📱 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA👉 Facebook: http://facebook.co.uk/ucbmedia👉 Instagram: http://instagram.com/ucbmedia👉 X: http://twitter.co.uk/ucbmedia#UCB #ChristianRadio #Christianity #Faith #Jesus

Artificial intelligence has been around for many years, but only recently have we sped up how it's developing and the many ways we are adopting it as a society. Some church leaders are using it to help when constructing sermons, or even allowing AI apps to write them altogether! What about its potential impact on music and how we also worship? Christian artist and producer Dan Stirling, and Christian music lawyer Luke English joined Rob Westall for this week’s Life Issues episode.

Have we forgotten what Jesus told us to do? On the list of priorities for each day, how easy do we find it to go and make disciples of all nations? Author Phil More has been learning from a disciple making movement which has brought incredible revival to some of the places in the world its hardest to live as a Christian. In this week’s Life Issues, we will consider what have we overlooked or never seen before in the instructions Jesus has given us to live out his mission today?

There are many competing voices about the role of Christianity in this nation. The Right Reverend Arun Arora, the Church of England’s co-lead Bishop for Racial Justice and the Bishop of Kirkstall, joins Vicky Gibbens for this Life Issues episode. He shares his personal experience of exploring identity and considers what is shaping some of our beliefs; be it certain public figures, our nation’s history and heritage, or the Bible, and our relationship with God?

How does the sanctity of life sit alongside compassion for the suffering in the Christian message around assisted dying? Dr Susan Marriot, Head of Public Policy for the Christian Medical Fellowship and the Reverend Canon Rosie Harper, Bishop's advisor for women’s ministry for the Church of England’s Oxford Diocese, join Paul Hammond for this Life Issues episode.

Just one in three children in the UK now enjoy reading, so how do we need to redefine the importance of literacy for the next generation in a digital age? An assistant head of a primary school and co-founder of Spy Readers, Andrew Vale-Taylor, and Sarah Grace, a counsellor and psychotherapist and the pioneer of the first dyslexia-friendly Christian publisher in the UK, Sarah Grace Publishing, joined Vicky Gibbens for this Life Issues episode.

How do you lose labels that others put on you, or perhaps even the labels we put on ourselves? Particularly when those labels tell you that you’ll never amount to anything? Rob Parsons OBE looks back on his life’s journey in this week’s Life Issues to share how he overcame discouraging words spoken over him one step at a time.

In the last few years, we’ve seen a real growth in understanding of Neurodiversity. Although for some, function is severely limited, we now seem to recognise not just need but also possibility, contribution and value to society, workplace, communities and churches that comes with a greater openness from the neurotypical to walk alongside rather than disparage, the neurodiverse, to engage rather than distance. In this week’s Life Issues, Wired Differently: The Strengths of Neurodiversity, Paul is joined by Fiona MacMillan who herself is Neurodivergent and chairs the Church of England’s Neurodiversity working group and Bex Chapman who is Mum to Neurodiverse children and also part of the working group.

You have to feel it, to heal it. We've all experienced it, hurt, sometimes emotional, sometimes physical. What's the prescription Jesus gave to relieve us of the pain? Forgiveness... It can be a hard medication to swallow, but someone once said "unforgiveness and resentment can be like taking poison ourselves expecting the other person to experience the awful effects"... In reality it is us who suffer. Dr Amy Orr Ewing, author of Forgiveness joins Ashley Andrew to delve deeper into the reality of turning the other cheek in this week' s Life Issues - Forgiveness in an Era of Outrage.