On the pilgrim way: Finding welcome in Shetland

27/06/2014 | Reform

On holiday in the Shetland Islands, we are being refreshed by immersing ourselves in a different culture, landscape and history. We have both aged in the six years since our last visit, and cannot do the long walks over rough … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Matthew 16:18

27/06/2014 | Reform

Susan Durber reflects on church decline

Jesus said: “… And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” Matthew 16:18

I’d decided to … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 2:4

27/05/2014 | Reform

A mighty thunder, a rush of wind, the tongues of fire, a huge crowd and a passionate speech resulting in the baptism of 3,000. This was the first Pentecost!

A small band of 120 people attracted 3,000 new members; this … Read More

Niall Cooper: Lets get down to earth

27/05/2014 | Reform

The awful cost of funeral poverty

Funeral poverty is almost too awful to want to think about, but that is exactly what increasing numbers of people are confronted with when loved ones pass away.

When Emma’s partner died at a … Read More

Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: What comedy has to teach us about the Trinity

27/05/2014 | Reform

In the movie Nuns on the Run, Robbie Coltrane and Eric Idle play two bank robbers dressed as nuns – Sisters Euphemia and Inviolata – hiding out in a convent to escape a spot of bother in gangland. They quickly … Read More

A letter from… Konso, Ethiopia

27/05/2014 | Reform

I’m very fortunate that where I grew up is a very green area of Ethiopia – we had rain. My family are small-scale farmers and grow all kinds of cereal crops and peas, and also keep sheep, goats, horses and … Read More