Reform April 2011
Interview »
Justin Brierley hears different viewpoints from two gay Christian support group leaders, Jeremy Marks and Jonathan Berry
Features »
The essence of Easter is about following a sense of hope and purpose into our future. It is about following the Jesus who has …
On partial views of Christ, we are missing out on the nourishment of a more holistic understanding, argues Nigel G Wright
Dale Rominger recalls an arresting experience he had during a trip to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in April 2003
Walter Houston points out some of the difficulties in interpreting ancient Bible texts today
Mervyn Thomas reflects on the recent assassination of Pakistani federal minister, Shahbaz Bhatti
Quantum physics and, in particular, the properties of light, create astonishing possibilities for the nature of our life and death, argues T Lee Baumann
Inspired by the testimonies of others who believe God has spoken to them in different ways, Tricia Legge decided to listen harder
Columnists »
‘A crowd is a temporary force, powerful yet fickle’
‘Let’s engage the young and give them authority, preparing ourselves to be discomforted by new ideas’
‘Some of the girls wear skirts resembling curtain pelmets, some wear hijab. Some of the boys wear turbans, some have locks’
‘Perhaps my seedlings are quietly talking back to me, delighted by all the attention, just like in one of my favourite hymns’
‘The poet Robert Burns describes a women “nursing her wrath to keep it warm” and I was doing just that with my hurt’
Editorial »
REFORM will be one of many magazines publishing messages of resurrection hope for Easter. Doing so in the midst of reports of the appalling scale of suffering and loss of life in Japan (as well of the stamping out of rebellion and hope in Libya) lends the task a sense of surrealism at best
Reflection »
We have recently returned from a journey to Stockholm, where we attended the third winter conference for ministers, deacons, youth workers and musicians within the Baptist and Methodist churches and the Missionkyrkan (the sister church to the United Reformed Church in Sweden). Together they are taking part in a remarkable journey into the creation of …
Poetry »
There is now only Him
Under the white sky.
The mountains shimmer,
The wind scours every cell,
The sand grained under His fingernails.
For the first time ever
He feels …
Reform April 2011 
