Chapter & verse: John 21:18

24/06/2022 | Reform

Janet Hopewell on following where we don’t want to go

‘But I don’t want to go to school!’ Words which bring back my childhood. A bit later, in our adult years, we have days when we just don’t want to … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 2:15-18; Joel 2:28-29

28/05/2022 | Reform

Pentecost is for everyone, says Donald Norwood

God’s Spirit is not just for Pentecostals and the privileged few. As too often happens at Pentecost, we only hear what Peter says about Joel in Acts 2 and don’t let the prophet … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 11:1-18

27/04/2022 | Reform

John Campbell on breaking out of the box

This book is called ‘The Acts of the Apostles’, but it soon becomes clear when reading it that the apostles only act when driven, cajoled, shaken and stirred by the Spirit. Justo … Read More

Chapter & verse: Revelation 22: 1-5

28/03/2022 | Reform

Lucy Brierley explores Revelation’s vision of the world to come

We were recently on a car journey when Toby, our six-year-old, quite out of the blue, remarked: ‘I really hope God makes the new earth tomorrow.’ My husband and I … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 4:1-13

25/02/2022 | Reform

George Mwaura gets to grips with temptation

During the season of Lent, churches often focus on three things: the temptation, how to resist, it and repentance. In the Gospels of Mark and Matthew, the temptations come quickly after Jesus’ baptism … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 6.27-38

28/01/2022 | Reform

Samantha Sheehan faces the challenge of loving your enemy

‘Love, love, love‘There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done…‘It’s easy‘All you need is love.’

So sang the Beatles in 1967, seeming to suggest that nothing is impossible when done … Read More