How to talk

29/08/2023 | Reform

Kathryn Mannix spent her medical career working with people who have incurable, advanced illnesses. Her first book, With the End in Mind: Dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial, was an attempt to restore our understanding of death. … Read More

Jesus and… family

29/08/2023 | Reform

A series about what we have to learn from Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Stephen Tomkins looks at Jesus’ attitude to family

You would assume, wouldn’t you, that Jesus was pretty enthusiastic about the family. Some Churches … Read More

A good question: Who is your favourite disciple?

29/08/2023 | Reform

One question, four answers

BARBARA BENNETT‘He may have been the only disciple not from Galilee – an odd man out!’

I am intrigued by several of the disciples, but the most controversial of them is Judas Iscariot; Judas the Betrayer; … Read More

Colours of worship

29/08/2023 | Reform

Kim Wood celebrates the Meeting House at the University of Sussex

The University of Sussex was built in 1961 and is one of the seven ‘plate glass’ universities established in the 1960s. On the campus, in the midst of typical … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Exodus 14:13-14

29/08/2023 | Reform

Sue Walker learns how to trust God

This scripture hit me between the eyes 19 days before my 30-year-old daughter was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in December 2020, during lockdown. Now at some distance, I can look back at what … Read More

Editorial: How to listen

29/08/2023 | Reform

I love preaching, for many reasons but mainly, I suspect, because I like the sound of my own voice. As I write, though, I’m preparing a sermon for the 11th Sunday after Trinity and simply dreading it.

The text is … Read More