Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Gideons Bibles

25/09/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins turns to the Gideons Bible

I didn’t know that Gideons Bibles – the ones you find in hotel rooms – are colour-coded, just like tube lines and Daleks. There are red Bibles for school pupils; orange for the … Read More

A good question: Should the Church of England be disestablished?

25/09/2014 | Reform 1

Each month we ask one question and get four answers. This month: Disestablishmentarianism

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This article was published in the October 2014 edition of  Reform.

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Niall Cooper: The expendable poor

25/09/2014 | Reform

Poverty in Africa and the UK are more similar than we think

What images come to mind when you think of poverty in Africa? Now, ask the same for poverty closer to home: What do you picture when you … Read More

Grow old with me

25/09/2014 | Reform

Keith Forecast comes to terms with later life

I am in my 80th year; I seem to have got there rather sooner than I expected. Old age, I always thought, was for other people, not for me; but time passes … Read More

Christian activist: Read differently. Please

25/09/2014 | Reform

Mitri Raheb reports on how the Middle East pays the price for western interpretations of the Bible

My first memories are of occupation, in 1967, when Israel invaded Bethlehem. Since then, my life has been shaped by this reality, of … Read More

The bonus years

25/09/2014 | Reform

Is the Church fulfilling its duty to people in later life? And is it receiving what older people have to offer? Sheila Maxey reflects on ripe years

Those over 70 have been granted extra time beyond the biblical “three score … Read More