A letter from… Nigeria

02/09/2013 | Reform

Sister Rita Schwarzenberger talks about her charity work in Nigeria

As I write, it is coming to the end of the dry, dusty season; humidity is building up, ensuring that the flowering trees such as flame of the forest, bougainvillea … Read More

Christian activist: Combatting Trident

02/09/2013 | Reform

Joanna Frew describes a peaceful protest against nuclear weapons

As we lay there in the sun, surrounded by lush green hedgerows and listening to birdsong, it was hard to keep in mind that behind us, the final assembly of some … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 15: 1-2

02/09/2013 | Reform

‘By this time, a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased; not at all pleased. They growled: “He takes in sinners and eats meals with … Read More

Niall Cooper: Speak truth to power

02/09/2013 | Reform

Having been brought up a Methodist, I can’t ever quite get away from thinking of September as the start of the New Year. The next 12 (or more precisely 20) months are likely to tell us a lot about what … Read More

Simon Jenkins: Christian pulp testimony

02/09/2013 | Reform 4

One of the first books I read after I became a teenage Christian was Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz, a gang leader from the streets of New York in the 1960s. It had sex and drugs and rock ’n’ … Read More

On the pilgrim way: The ghosts of Berlin’s past

01/09/2013 | Reform

We spent five hot days in Berlin this summer, and I am still trying to sift through the experience – the layers of history, the various perspectives and my own reactions.

My mother came from south Germany; she never visited … Read More