Chapter & verse: Luke 16:1-13

23/08/2019 | Reform

Rosalind Selby grapples with a puzzling parable

This parable can only be found in Luke’s Gospel, and it’s a parable many of us might feel puzzled mightily by. Unlike, say, the parable of the good Samaritan, where it’s rather clearer … Read More

Chapter & verse: Mark 12:17

01/07/2019 | Reform

Kevin Snyman on waking up to the power of money

Franz Jägerstätter sat in his dark prison cell, deep in prayer. It was 1943, and this Austrian Catholic farmer faced a simple choice: promise to serve the Nazi medical corps, … Read More

Chapter & verse: Galatians 3:28

28/05/2019 | Reform

Angela Rigby ponders what being ‘no longer male or female’ might mean

Every day I am reminded that people have different views on women in ministry. Raised in a US Southern Baptist church, I was taught all the reasons why … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 1:1-11

29/04/2019 | Reform

Nigel Uden on the ascension

Artists and musicians are interpreters. They take an idea and depict it in images or sounds, offering drama, excitement and intensity. They can heighten emotion, exaggerate spectacle and develop simplicity, which so often is instructive … Read More

Chapter & verse: John 20:11-18

01/04/2019 | Reform

Susan Durber realises Jesus really was the gardener

Mary Magdalene goes to the tomb, only to find it empty and the body missing. She weeps, and then someone she takes to be the gardener asks her why.

I once … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 5:33-39

22/02/2019 | Reform

Jesus wants to stretch us, says William Young

The Pharisees are (yet again) upset by Jesus and his disciples – this time, because of their lack of reverence for tradition. The Pharisees know that Jesus and John the Baptist are … Read More