Chapter & verse: Mark 5: 25-34

02/10/2013 | Reform

In the summer, my husband and I had the eye-opening experience of hosting a genuine, card-carrying US Republican – the new husband of a childhood friend of mine. He was very restrained, overall, but one night we asked him about … Read More

A letter from… Egypt

02/10/2013 | Reform

Bishop Mouneer Anis reports on anti-Christian attacks in Egypt

As I write these words, our St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Suez is under heavy attack from those who support former President Morsi. They are throwing stones and molotov cocktails at the church … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Looking for God

25/09/2013 | Reform

A new column: Touring churches in search of God

I’m looking for God. I haven’t found him/her by reading the Bible, but maybe I will through hanging out with people who have. Or people who haven’t found him/her but are … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Not all change is decay

25/09/2013 | Reform

“Change and decay in all around I see,” says the old hymn; and although the sentiment rings some bells for me, I am not happy lumping “change” automatically with “decay”. Certainly I am conscious of bodily decay – especially first … Read More

Faith in action: William Taylor

24/09/2013 | Reform

‘Christians need to expose dark things’

In 2012, I was asked by the filmmaker Mark Donne to be involved in a documentary film he was making called The UK Gold; it premiered at the East End Film Festival this summer. … Read More

The Great Restoration: Part three – confession

02/09/2013 | Reform

If God’s love is unconditional, what are confession and repentance for? Lawrence Moore concludes his series on sin and restoration

A question: What are confession and repentance for? They are not the preconditions to forgiveness, because God’s grace is unconditional. … Read More