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

Commitment-Phobe That’s the Spirit

23/01/2015 | Reform

An encounter with the Holy Spirit

You may have heard about the Alpha away day – you may even have gone on one. It is the “Holy Spirit day”. It covers questions like: Who is the Spirit? What does the … Read More

On the pilgrim way: The wants of life

23/01/2015 | Reform

Sheila Maxey considers how to be honest about the wants of life

When I was about 14, I wanted to get married and have 12 children! I had been reading a silly book called Cheaper by the Dozen. When I … 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

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Badvent

01/12/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins introduces the “Badvent” calendar

Standing in the queue at Tesco a few weeks ago, I was eyeing up the impulse buys at the till and wondering whether to go for a two-for-the-price-of-one pouch of Maltesers, when my eyes … Read More

Niall Cooper: To heat, or eat?

01/12/2014 | Reform

The chilling effects of fuel poverty

Advent may be a time of hope and expectation, but it is also, for many, a time of dread. As the thermometer starts to plummet, increasing numbers of people are faced with the unenviable … Read More