Editorial: A world of war outside my own

23/01/2015 | Reform

Reading Anthony Beevor’s The Second World War, I have been struck by how many ways there are to die in a war. If battle itself doesn’t claim you, through bullet, bomb, fire or water, there are the possibilities of disease, … Read More

Sex and the Spirit

23/01/2015 | Reform

In the last of a three-part series to promote discussion on questions about sex and God, 
Carla Grosch-Miller looks at the relationship between sexuality and spirituality

Recently I gave a talk about sex and Christianity in a church as part … Read More

Rites of way

23/01/2015 | Reform

With more people becoming pilgrims today than ever before, Fred Hale surveys the wide variety of pilgrimages they are taking and the different reasons that send them out

Pilgrimage may be an ancient religious tradition, but it is also an … Read More

On the pilgrim way: The wants of life

23/01/2015 | Reform

Sheila Maxey considers how to be honest about the wants of life

When I was about 14, I wanted to get married and have 12 children! I had been reading a silly book called Cheaper by the Dozen. When I … Read More

Reviews – February 2015

23/01/2015 | Reform

Restoring the soul of the Psalms

Psalms Redux: Poems and prayers Carla Grosch-Miller Canterbury Press, Norwich £10.99 (available from the United Reformed Church online store; visit www.urc.org.uk/store)

This book uplifted my soul. The psalms which Carla Grosch-Miller has so … Read More

Brian McLaren interview: Changing faith, staying faithful

19/01/2015 | Reform

The author and emerging church leader Brian McLaren talks to Stephen Tomkins

In 2005, Time magazine listed Brian McLaren as one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in the US, calling him a “paradigm shifter” because of his new approach … Read More