Drop the pedalo!

30/04/2018 | Reform

What makes a church grow significantly in size in three years? The answer is not ‘Holding on to its traditions’. Ashley Evans shares his experience

A few years ago, my family went out on a pedalo which had a crack … Read More

Fruits of the spirit

30/04/2018 | Reform

How a village church turned scarcity into abundance. Charissa King reports

It didn’t have a minister. It’s the second smallest church in a country village of five. Yet, two years ago, it won a £2,500 prize for outstanding community engagement. … Read More

The challenge of change

30/04/2018 | Reform

How can Christians live faithfully in times of rapid change? Labour MP Stella Creasy and journalist Peter Oborne discussed the issue in Manchester in March. Simeon Mitchell reports

‘I have jumpers older than the internet,’ declared Stella Creasy MP, to … Read More

God’s Selfie

30/04/2018 | Reform

Kim Fabricius contemplates an icon of the Trinity

How on earth – how on earth – can you picture the Trinity? Well, you can have a go at the Son – at least he becomes incarnate in the man Jesus. … Read More

Chapter & verse: Jonah 4:1

30/04/2018 | Reform

Peter Knowles learns from a bad prophet

You know the scene: Wednesday midday and MPs’ faces are contorted in rage at the verbal outrage perpetrated by the other side, or laughing their heads off at the idiocy of the words … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Love has renewed my zest for life’

30/04/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey celebrates life at 80

On a lovely, relaxing holiday by the river Deben in Suffolk, I read a book on dying. With the End in Mind is by a retired palliative care consultant and her passionate concern … Read More