Reform October 2011
Interview »
Kay Parris interviews author, teacher and leadership coach, Simon P Walker
Features »
Arun Sok Nhep recalls how scripture sustained his journey, through Cambodia’s civil war
In an often tense and stressful environment, sensitive, appropriate and responsive Christian ministry can make a real difference in prison ministry, says Gerard Chrispin …
‘Many of today’s cleverest theories are sure to make for humorous anecdotes for the head-shaking cosmologists of the future’
‘It’s hard to escape the sense of power joining these pieces and their influence together’
‘The magician version of God, who keeps us all safe if we pray or if we’re good, will have to be deposited in the …
Fresh from an “evangelism day” hosted by churches in his area, Ray Tunnifcliffe is determined to turn inspiration into action
The United Reformed Church Year …
‘Bring into God’s light those emotions, attitiudes amd prejudices in yourself which lie at the root of destructive conflict’
‘What is still missing is awareness in the churches that they really are a part od Europe’
Columnists »
‘For numberless sad reasons, very many mothers have learned – or decided – to manage without’
‘We thought we were electing a progressive communicator, not a pragmatic Mr Spock’
‘In a church committed tio radical inclusivity, it can never be right to describe anyone as “undeserving”‘
‘It is high time the ideals and approaches of community-based credit unions were more widely embraced’
‘Forgiveness is unconditional. It is not dependent on the other person being sorry, or asking for forgiveness’
‘It has been an eye opener to discover just how many wildlife-friendly plants can easily be grown in containers’
‘I know how tiring I find it to walk either too slowly or too quickly in relation to my natural pace’
Editorial »
As an idealistic (OK, naïve) young freelance journalist and an active supporter of the World Development Movement, back in the mid-1990s, I was aghast to learn that the British government was quietly granting export licences for the sale of military equipment to some of the nastiest regimes of the time
Reflection »
‘Schools deserve more credit for helping children become positive members of society’
Poetry »
Boys, white and black, in hoods with sticks and bricks,
with chaos making meaning in their night,
burn homes, torch cars, hurl oaths of loathsome fun.
And …
Reform October 2011 
