Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I tucked into 200 mince pies and three gallons of mulled wine’

29/11/2021 | Reform

A good-as-possible Christmas with Paul Kerensa

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without – what?

Presents, according to the book Little Women. The Radio Times, according to the ad campaign for, well, Radio Times. An annual viewing of Die Hard, according to … Read More

Chapter & verse: Mark 5: 1-20

29/11/2021 | Reform

Stuart Radcliffe on demons

Are you allowed to have a favourite passage of Scripture? I’m not sure, but if you are, then this would be one of mine!

It’s a great story. It has a bit of everything in it … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Receiving generosity

29/11/2021 | Reform

Can I receive generosity?

I wonder how Mary and Joseph felt as people turned up to honour their child with praise and with luxurious and expensive gifts. Were they overwhelmed by how vital their child was to others? Did they … Read More

I am… managing Palestinian rehabilitation

29/11/2021 | Reform

Rami Khader fights the fear of demolitions in Palestine

When you ask people what home means to them, many will say that, as well as a physical space, it is their homeland, the land of their ancestors, a cause they … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Jonah 3:1-5, 10

02/11/2021 | Reform

Meg Warner explores Jonah’s bumbling prophecy

On the surface, this story is a simple one. A reluctant prophet is prodded back on track by Yahweh. He prophesies to the city of Nineveh as Yahweh has asked and is spectacularly successful … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Is work my church?

02/11/2021 | Reform

Is work my church?

I have the privilege of working for an entirely Christian organisation. We still work from home, gathering regularly on Zoom for prayer.

My family recently experienced a crisis and for once we asked for prayers from … Read More