Commitment-Phobe: Home church

24/04/2020 | Reform

Does church matter?

Maybe the biggest question I have at this time is: what matters? Grammar? And my eight year old learning it? No. Makeup? No. New clothes? No. Food? Very much.

Does knowing how to cook, clean … Read More

Church in a time of crisis

24/04/2020 | Reform

How have churches been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how are they responding to these difficult times? We hear from four ministers Jenny Mills

My pulpit on a Sunday morning has become the local town, as I walk … Read More

Editorial: A strange kind of crisis

24/04/2020 | Reform

‘These are strange times’ is the phrase I think I’ve heard more than any other since the start of the coronavirus crisis. Historically, and indeed geographically, it is probably not so strange to live through a health crisis, however … Read More

Reviews – May 2020

24/04/2020 | Reform

The space race

AstronautDirected by Shelagh McLeodCertificate PG, 97 minutesReleased 27 April on most UK movie streaming platforms

At 75, Angus Stewart (Richard Dreyfuss) moves into his daughter’s family home for medical reasons. With three generations living on … Read More

Interview: Age to age

24/04/2020 | Reform

Bob Weighton, oldest man in the world, talks to Stephen Tomkins

[Bob Weighton died on 28 May 2020. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.]

Bob Weighton was born on 29 March 1908, the same year … Read More

The Bible doesn’t tell me so

22/04/2020 | Reform

Rosalind Selby considers how to read the Bible when it isn’t answering our questions

Some 35 years ago, the theologian Hans Frei asked a question about biblical interpretation: ‘Does it stretch, or will it break?’ He was asking whether … Read More