Here & Now: Phoebe Edmonds

03/06/2024 | Reform

Phoebe Edmonds on prayer as protest

’Why don’t you actually do something rather than just praying about it?’

This is what a passer-by shouted to us during the 14-day ‘No Faith in Fossil Fuels’ vigil we held outside parliament in … Read More

The banality of evil and the grandeur of Christ

29/04/2024 | Reform

Graham Handscomb reflects on the meaning of the cross

When Jesus was arrested, tried and crucified, who abandoned him? Who turned their back? Who chose not to support him?

There are the obvious answers that come quickly to mind. Judas … Read More

Blessed be my Rock

29/04/2024 | Reform

Rick Wakeman’s incredible keyboard playing can be heard on tracks ranging from David Bowie’s Life on Mars to Cat Stevens’ Morning Has Broken, as well as with the band Yes, and on his own countless records. Less well-known is the … Read More

Reviews May 2024

29/04/2024 | Reform

A fatal belief

The BeastDirected by Bertrand BonelloCertificate 15, 146 minutesReleased 31 May

As satisfying as it is infuriating, this French genre-bender is part science fiction, part period costume drama and part literary adaptation. It’s based on Henry James’ 1903 … Read More

Editorial: Can you grow the tree all over again?

29/04/2024 | Reform

This month Richard Dawkins has been getting all over the news pages – including Reform’s (page 7) – by calling himself a ‘cultural Christian’. It’s something he’s said before, and he’s not alone. How many people are there in the … Read More

Jesus and… peace

29/04/2024 | Reform

A series on what we have to learn from and about Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, John Cooper on peace

Before 26-year-old Henry was tied to a barbed wire fence for 28 days, did he think his … Read More