Chapter & verse: Luke 6:39

27/01/2023 | Reform

Catherine Lewis-Smith takes issue with Jesus’ attitude to blindness

Jesus says some strange things about visually impaired people. His compassion for them is huge and he transforms the lives of many by restoring their sight. One of my favourite Gospel … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 2:8-20

28/11/2022 | Reform

Matt Stone unwraps the joy of Christmas

I want to focus on one word: the word ‘joy’, for joy is a theme that runs through the Christmas story. Zechariah is told that he and his wife Elizabeth will have a … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 14:16

01/11/2022 | Reform

Emmanuel Frimpong on the feeding of the five thousand

Hunger can cause people to act in strange ways. This concept was depicted in Esau’s behaviour when his hunger caused him to sell his birth-right to his younger brother Jacob.

In … Read More

Chapter & verse: Ephesians 3:20

03/10/2022 | Reform

Susan Durber considers maturity in Christ

I often find myself thinking something like: ‘When I grow up I want to be her…’. Regular readers of Reform will understand when I say I want to be Sheila Maxey – so full … Read More

Chapter & verse: Genesis 16:11

20/09/2022 | Reform

Tessa Henry-Robinson explores Hagar’s fear and misery

I am advancing a womanist biblical treatment of Genesis 16:11, considering Hagar’s move from enslaved woman, to surrogate mother, to exile, which God’s angel refers to as Hagar’s ‘misery’. This suggests to me … Read More

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