Chapter & Verse: Mark 1:12

24/02/2015 | Reform

“Wilderness is a place of unexpected encounters with the capacity to bring wholeness”

There is an urgency about the Gospel of Mark which leaves the reader breathless. In the blink of an eye we are rushed from John the Baptiser … Read More

Chapter and verse: 1 Corinthians 11:33

23/01/2015 | Reform

Susan Durber reflects on the scandal of the Lord’s Supper

I recently spent some time in a rural village community in Kerala, India. With June Osborne, the Dean of Salisbury, and our translator Manju, I shared the only bedroom in … Read More

Chapter & verse: Joshua 4

01/12/2014 | Reform

Neil Thorogood finds layered meaning in stories of stones

Sometimes we stand where history was made: The churning memory of war remembered on Normandy’s beaches; the horror brought home following the railway tracks that lead into Auschwitz-Birkenau; the cost made … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Matthew 20:1-16

24/10/2014 | Reform

Lawrence Moore explores a parable of pay and generosity

Generosity is good in very small, occasional doses, or when we’re its recipient. Otherwise, it’s against the rules: It’s unfair, indecent and undermines the good ordering of society. And if it … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Matthew 22:15-22

25/09/2014 | Reform

Rosalind Selby looks at paying and repaying

The imperial tax debated in this passage was paid on agricultural yield and personal property; it
had been collected on the basis of census registration since Judea came under Roman rule in 6/7CE, and … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Mark 4:35-41

22/08/2014 | Reform

David Grosch-Miller examines the tension between anxiety and trust

… They woke him up and said to him: “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: “Peace! … Read More