Reviews April 2022

28/03/2022 | Reform

Sins of the flesh

BenedettaDirected by Paul VerhoevenCertificate 18, 131 minutesReleased 15 April

The Dutch director Paul Verhoeven revels in controversy. In Hollywood, he pushed the boundaries of taste with the violent Robocop in 1987 and the sexually … Read More

The power of generosity

28/03/2022 | Reform

Chris Gillies explores Active Generosity

Despite humankind’s best endeavours to eliminate war, famine and plague, millions of people across our planet continue to face insecurity, hunger and disease every day. We witness the Russian invasion of Ukraine, extreme hunger … Read More

Chapter & verse: Revelation 22: 1-5

28/03/2022 | Reform

Lucy Brierley explores Revelation’s vision of the world to come

We were recently on a car journey when Toby, our six-year-old, quite out of the blue, remarked: ‘I really hope God makes the new earth tomorrow.’ My husband and … Read More

Ukraine: Care on the border

28/03/2022 | Reform

Aid workers and volunteers welcome Ukrainian refugees at the Moldovan border

As Reform went to press, nearly three million people had fled Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February. Poland had received 1.8 million by 15 March, with hundreds … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on’

21/03/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey is on a medical rollercoaster

My pilgrim way at present is a rollercoaster, flinging me up and down. On 25 January, Kees was taken into hospital at 3am by the paramedics. Soon diagnosed with double pneumonia, they … Read More

A good question: What makes a good leader?

25/02/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

DAVID SALSBURY‘A good leader is also a follower’

There are many right answers to this question – and if recent events in British politics are anything to go by, quite a few wrong ones … Read More