Art in focus: April 2019

27/04/2019 | Reform

Ecce HomoLovis Corinth

Three faces tell the story of a betrayal. Here is the moment when Pilate, the Roman governor, shows the scourged, bound and crowned Jesus to the people, with the words ‘Behold the man’. The painter has made … Read More

Chapter & verse: John 20:11-18

01/04/2019 | Reform

Susan Durber realises Jesus really was the gardener

Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb, only to find it empty and the body missing. She weeps, and then someone she takes to be the gardener asks her why.

I once … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: Keeeeeep dancing

01/04/2019 | Reform

Paul Kerensa hears an argument for a surprising indicator of the end times

It’s all fun and games till someone mentions the end times… I was doing a standup show in a church across country, and was kindly put up … Read More

Editorial: The complacent stand condemned

01/04/2019 | Reform

Sometimes, seeing your children in action can take you back to your younger days. What mine did last week took me back to the 18th century.

The story of the abolition of the slave trade and of slavery itself … Read More

Reviews – April 2019

01/04/2019 | Reform

Painting to grasp God

At Eternity’s GateDirected by Julian SchnabelCertificate 12a, 111 minutesReleased 29 March

It’s quite a feat for a well-known actor with a well-known face to transform themselves into a cultural icon so thoroughly that you forget the … Read More

Donald Norwood: Brexit regrets

01/04/2019 | Reform

Donald Norwood laments the Churches’ failures over Brexit

Brexit is a mess. Here we can all agree. A case could be made for and against remaining in the European Union but it needed to have been made clearly and honestly. … Read More