Art in focus: April 2020

01/04/2020 | Reform

Transfiguration, from the Gunda Gunde Gospels

In the remote Tigre region of Ethiopia there is a monastery dating back to the late 14th century. Legend has it that it is built on a crater where there lived a dragon named … Read More

Chapter and verse: John 4:4-26

30/03/2020 | Reform

Sonia Soans explores Jesus’ surprising attitude to the Samaritan woman

For Women’s History Month (March), we remembered women who changed the world. As March also falls within the Christian season of Lent, I can’t help but see parallels between the … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Called by God? At my age? Surely not’

30/03/2020 | Reform

One morning, during my prayer time, I felt called by God – called to be an elder and even a church secretary. Surely not? At my age? (nearly 82). I was well aware of the need: elders’ elections were looming, … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘This is too big a problem for one column’

30/03/2020 | Reform

Paul Kerensa takes a look at introverts and extroverts in church

Too many churches have –troverts in charge, which excludes –troverts like me.’ Can you fill in the gaps?

It’s a quiet schism within the Church. Or is it a … Read More

Reviews – April 2020

30/03/2020 | Reform

Gang life

County LinesDirected by Henry BlakeCertificate 15, 90 minutesReleased 17 April

‘Do you know what an acceptable loss is?’, a voice asks a teenage boy. ‘In your business, you’re the acceptable loss.’ County Lines may be this year’s hardest … Read More

Interview: Protest, prayers and the odd duck

30/03/2020 | Reform

Having left school in Melbourne with little in the way of qualifications, Michael Leunig has gone on to become a cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet. His work appears in Melbourne’s The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, as well … Read More