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

Under the sign of a joke

01/04/2019 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on the horror and humour of the Passion

In a bare room, at the end of a rope suspended from the ceiling, a man is hanging upside down, his wrists tightly bound, his hair brushing the floorboards as … Read More

Look to the skies

01/04/2019 | Reform

How tragedy was averted, by plane

In 2013, 23-year-old Elizita Cardoso, a young mother in Suai, Timor-Leste (formerly known as East Timor) was looking forward to the arrival of twins. Her feelings of joy turned to fear when she began … Read More

Ministerial stress and how to beat it

01/04/2019 | Reform

Why is being a minister so stressful? And what can we do about it? Rodger Charlton has a diagnosis and remedy

Stress affects everyone, in all walks of life, but there are particular reasons why ministers experience it. They are … Read More

In this together

01/04/2019 | Reform

Churches in Bristol are working with local government and businesses to tackle deprivation. Stan Hazell reports

Can churches work in partnership with the secular world to tackle social deprivation? At a time of austerity and council budget cuts that threaten … Read More

News from Westminster College

01/04/2019 | Reform

Peter Ball reports the latest developments at the Resource Centre for Learning in Cambridge

In my 18 months at Westminster College, I’ve felt that, alongside the utter dependability of God, another thing in church life that is certain is change. … Read More