Reform May 2010

Interview »

Thomas Moore interview: Transcending unconciousness
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | 3 Comments
Thomas Moore interview: Transcending unconciousness

Kay Parris interviews Thomas Moore, one of America’s best-known and best-selling spiritual authors

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Features »

Men only: spiritual retreats
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |

Many men struggle to articulate their emotional and spiritual yearnings. Recent widower Peter Fishpool recalls how he benefited from space, insight and sharing on …

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Ministry as presence
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |

Graham Cook and his wife were one of three couples to take up a week’s residence in a sparsely-used church in the Yorkshire Dales …

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Ecclesiastes and the meaning of life
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Ecclesiastes and the meaning of life

Steven Bridge examines how the human experiences of hopelessness and acceptance are transformed in Ecclesiastes into a challenge to live life to the full

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Mark Prince: Letting Go
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Mark Prince: Letting Go

It is four years this month since Kiyan Prince, a gifted young footballer, was murdered outside his school gates aged 15. His father, former …

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Prayer: What’s the point?
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |

The discipline may be hard, and the rewards are not always tangible, so is prayer really worth the effort?

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Personality politics
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Personality politics

Following the May election, will a new government be happy to continue with the current era of ideology-free, personality-based politics?

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What is church for?
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am | One Comment
What is church for?

Not everyone whoís into Jesus is into church, as Jessica Rose discovered when she posed the question to a mixed bag of Christians

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Community cohesion in Bolton
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |

As part of its bid to rally support during the General Election campaign, the far-right English Defence League organised a rally “against Islamic extremism” …

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Columnists »

Stephen brown: A blow-by-blow account
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Stephen brown: <i>A blow-by-blow account</i>

‘I must try a little harder with my didge. Or maybe I should give Rolf a ring’

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Notes from America – Ron Buford: Liberal and conservative frictions
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Notes from America – Ron Buford: <i>Liberal and conservative frictions</i>

‘The push-pull between liberals and conservatives creates the necessary constructive evolutionary friction to move our democratic societies forward’

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Sonia Christie – Eco-Mum: Green burials
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Sonia Christie – Eco-Mum: <i>Green burials</i>

‘Why do children ask the most challenging questions at the most inconvenient times?’

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Matt Stone – Starting out: Vocations
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Matt Stone – Starting out: <i>Vocations</i>

‘There is something quite profound about encouraging – and even paying – for individuals to dedicate their lives to building up Christ’s church’

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Michael Jagessar’s Mini Resurrections: Aging without regret
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Michael Jagessar’s Mini Resurrections: <i>Aging without regret</i>

‘The trick is to grow up – by finding opportunities in changes, becoming aware of new capacities’

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Bible study with Lawrence Moore: 2 Corinthians 5:17
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Bible study with Lawrence Moore: <i>2 Corinthians 5:17</i>

‘Creation experiences God as a “virtual reality”. Yet faith says this is not all there will ever be’

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Sheila Maxey – On the pilgrim way: Turning to poetry
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Sheila Maxey – On the pilgrim way: <i>Turning to poetry</i>

‘I just sat with a thick head watching the changing sky’

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Editorial »

Editorial – Kay Parris: Glimpses of metanoia
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |
Editorial – Kay Parris: Glimpses of metanoia

Does every General Election, as the Doctor intimated at the start of the new series of Dr Who, entail an act of forgetting?

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Reviews »

Book reviews: May 2010
January 24, 2011 – 2:58 pm |
Book reviews: May 2010

Read book reviews from May 2010

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Reflection »

The Great Conversion
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |

‘I think many Christians misinterpret the Great Commission as The Great Conversion’

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Poetry »

Iona
May 1, 2010 – 12:00 am |

Stop, I said, but the sea turned its head,
biting at the sand, the land
Stay, I say, but the sea turns its heel,
leaves a wheal …

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