The bigger Mersey Miracle

21/02/2020 | Reform

Ecumenical collaboration in 1980s Liverpool has been justly celebrated, but there was more to the story than often reported. Andrew Bradstock fills in the gaps

Think of Liverpool in the 1980s and several images come to mind. Unrest in … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘We’re not chasing bears, we’re chasing prayers’

21/02/2020 | Reform

Paul Kerensa is on the hunt for prayers

Every now and then, in our church, I do the prayers. I mean, they ask me – I’m not nudging anyone out of the way. I’m on a rota. I write … Read More

Reviews – March 2020

21/02/2020 | Reform

Tramps like us

RunDirected by Scott GrahamCertificate 15, 77 minutesReleased 13 March

Finnie (Mark Stanley) hates his job in a fish factory in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. He and his wife Katie (Amy Manson) have Springsteen’s legend ‘Born to Run’ … Read More

Editorial: The hand of God?

21/02/2020 | Reform

This week – as I write – in 1945, the place where I work was hit by a V2 flying bomb. The rocket directly hit a three-storey house; and, as well as neighbouring houses, the blast wrecked Presbyterian Church … Read More

Art in focus: March 2020

21/02/2020 | Reform

Three HaresRob Pepper

These three hares can be seen cavorting in the centre of the chancel ceiling in St Luke’s Church, West Holloway, London. They were painted when the artist Rob Pepper, who is a member of St Luke’s, … Read More

I am… a street preacher

21/02/2020 | Reform

A street preacher’s story by Maurice Omorojie

Increasing preoccupations with science, technology and humanism have resulted in a societal shift from belief in a supreme being to belief in serendipity and mischance. With this comes a backlash against Christianity. … Read More