Chapter & Verse: Matthew 10: 29-31

26/08/2016 | Reform

Susan Durber on the depths of God’s love

We saw a dead sparrow, there on the path as we walked along a track. It lay on its back, curled feet, beak skyward. ‘The Lord knows,’ said my companion.

We had … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Luke 7:34

06/07/2016 | Reform

Jack Dyce enjoys table fellowship

The 1987 film Babette’s Feast, based on a short novel by Karen Blixen, is a visual delight. Babette, a former chef at the renowned Café Anglais in Paris, having taken refuge with two sisters in … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Luke 8:26-39

27/05/2016 | Reform

Rosalind Selby considers demons and depression

This tough text is the Gospel reading set for 19 June. Here is Jesus healing a man who lived across the lake in the country of the Gerasenes. The man gives himself the name … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 2:1-21

22/04/2016 | Reform

John Proctor asks if Pentecost rings any bells

Bells are about the only sound missing on the Day of Pentecost. Yet, the chapter rings many a bell. It resonates with a host of hopes and encounters from elsewhere in the … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Acts 11: 1-18

27/03/2016 | Reform

Francis Brienen on standing in the way of the Spirit

The power of story can change things: minds, hearts, culture, even “the way we do things around here”. This story in Acts changes everything. To give it even more power … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Revelation 21: 1-5

23/02/2016 | Reform

Lawrence Moore decodes the politics of the Apocalypse

What is your theology of nuclear holocaust? By which I mean: do you think God is going to “use” nukes to end human history by destroying the world?

In 1976, I won … Read More