Reviews – November 2015

23/10/2015 | Reform

Guide to better ministry

The Contemplative Minster: Learning to lead from the still centre Ian Cowley Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF) £8.99

This is a profoundly attractive book. Ian Cowley is vocations and spirituality coordinator for the … Read More

Film review: Faith in a dark place

01/10/2015 | Reform

Captive Directed by Jerry Jameson Certificate 12A, 196 minutes Released on Friday 25 September 2015

Before its dramatisation of the real events that took place in Atlanta, Georgia on 11 March 2005, Captive opens with a text from … Read More

Reviews – October 2015

25/09/2015 | Reform

Meet the Fathers

Who Were the Church Fathers?: From Clement 
of Rome to Gregory the Great Marcellino D’Ambrosio SPCK £12.99

If your knowledge of the early Church Fathers is a little hazy and sketchy – as mine was until I … Read More

Reviews – September 2015

28/08/2015 | Reform

Guide to finding balance

Refuel: How to balance work, life, faith and
 church – without burning out Kate Middleton Darton, Longman and Todd £9.99

Christians are not immune from stress. In fact, says Middleton, Christians may have extra pressures because, … Read More

Reviews – July/August 2015

26/06/2015 | Reform

What does it mean to be human?

Being Human: How to become the person
you were meant to be Steve Chalke Hodder & Stoughton £12.99

Steve Chalke’s new book is something of a muddle – part spiritual journal, part … Read More

Reviews – June 2015

26/05/2015 | Reform

Kingdom come?

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire Written by Caryl Churchill Lyttelton Theatre, London Until 22 June

Caryl Churchill’s Light shining in Buckinghamshire was first produced in 1976. I wonder if each generation finds things in it that … Read More