Reviews – November 2013

24/10/2013 | Reform

A symphony to the silence

The Power of Silence: The riches that lie within Graham Turner Bloomsbury Continuum £16.99 (hardback)

I must admit that I struggled with this book for the first few pages. It seemed like an awfully noisy … Read More

Simon Jenkins: How to listen to other faiths

21/10/2013 | Reform

Every few months my doorbell rings and I see two familiar West Indian ladies, one tall, the other short, through the frosted glass. I’ve never been a fan of the JW brand, and so I decided a couple of years … Read More

Edyookayshun

03/10/2013 | Reform

I’ve just, for no very good reason, been looking on the Department of Education’s website at the section on state-maintained faith schools. I learned three interesting things.*

a) one third of all state schools are also faith schools. You probably … Read More

Who hates Britain?

03/10/2013 | Reform

This one page of an unknown newspaper contains the sentence “This Land of Hope and Glory is just a land of yobs and drunks” three times.

“My patriotism has gone out of the window” occurs just once.

It says countless … Read More

Joel Edwards interview: Goal difference

02/10/2013 | Reform

The campaigner Joel Edwards talks to Stephen Tomkins

Joel Edwards has been one of the leading British evangelicals of his generation. He directed the Evangelical Alliance for more than 10 years, and since 2008 has led Micah Challenge – an … Read More

Parting thoughts

02/10/2013 | Reform

David Goodbourn reflects on what matters when you have months left to live

Be careful what you preach! It was the first Sunday in Lent this year, and I spoke about entering the wilderness with Jesus. There, I said, we … Read More