Art in focus – December 2022 / January 2023

28/11/2022 | Reform

Rest on the Flight into Egypt(c. 1597) Oil on canvasCaravaggio, born MichelangeloMerisi da Caravaggio (Milan)

In a dark landscape typical of Caravaggio, four faces are illuminated. Joseph gazes at a young angel and Mary’s head is drawn close to the … Read More

Long walk to justice

01/11/2022 | Reform

Interview with Richard Reddie

Richard Reddie is Director of Justice and Inclusion at Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. He has edited Race for Justice: The struggle for equality and inclusion in British and Irish churches, a collection of 14 … Read More

Remembering God’s smuggler

01/11/2022 | Reform

The adventures of Brother Andrew were an inspiration to young Christians, says Laurence Wareing

For many who grew up in the 1970s, the story of ‘God’s smuggler’ made being a young Christian cool. In the bestselling biography of that name, … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 14:16

01/11/2022 | Reform

Emmanuel Frimpong on the feeding of the five thousand

Hunger can cause people to act in strange ways. This concept was depicted in Esau’s behaviour when his hunger caused him to sell his birth-right to his younger brother Jacob.

In … Read More

Reviews November 2022

01/11/2022 | Reform

A repressive Islamist regime

No BearsDirected by Jafar PanahiCertificate 12a, 106 minutesReleased 11 November

The Iranian director Jafar Panahi (whose son Panar made the excellent road movie Hit the Road) has been in trouble with the country’s repressive Islamist regime … Read More

Editorial: Happy birthday Reform

01/11/2022 | Reform

Last month, as few readers will have failed to notice, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the United Reformed Church. This month, it’s the turn of Reform to be the centre of attention and birthday shenanigans.

Reform came into being … Read More