Chapter & verse: John 1: 14

21/11/2013 | Reform

We’ve got too used to the Gospel. “The Word became flesh” sounds like an ordinary kind of phrase to our ears – nouns and a verb; a beginning and an end; a description of something that happened. We find it … Read More

On the pigrim way: Confronting family history

21/11/2013 | Reform

Our eldest, Peter, is 50 this December and our present to him is a little book of photos from his boyhood. Our annual Christmas letters provide a contemporary comment on Peter’s development to accompany the photos. My research for the … Read More

Chapter & verse: Exodus 2: 23-25; 3:7-10

25/10/2013 | Reform

“You can run, but you can’t hide!” It wasn’t Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, who famously coined this phrase on the eve of his title fight with Billy Conn; it is the message that Yahweh, God of Israel, tells Moses … Read More

A letter from… Pakistan

25/10/2013 | Reform

“Mary” tells of her escape from Pakistan

I had to flee for my life. There was no longer any reason to stay in Pakistan and only God could make a way for me to leave. Muslim colleagues set fire to … Read More

Niall Cooper: The curse of usury

25/10/2013 | Reform

The dangers of being trapped by debt

Debt is now big business – and everyone is affected by it. Debt damages many people’s lives; all the more so if you are already struggling on a low income.

Take Donna, a … Read More

Simon Jenkins: Godless places

25/10/2013 | Reform

Twitter has plenty of parody accounts, where people posing as Prince Charles or Pippa Middleton share their inappropriate thoughts. One of the most interesting at the moment is the KimKierkegaardashian account. It’s a satire on the empty celeb lifestyle of … Read More