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

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

A good question: Is hell for real?

30/03/2020 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article that was published in the April 2020 edition of Reform

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A class of their own

30/03/2020 | Reform

An education charity is helping children in ways their schools can’t. Stephen Tomkins reports

Sophie (not her real name) seemed unlikely to get a work experience placement. She had severe autism and, at 14, could hardly talk, count or read. … Read More