A letter from… Jos, Nigeria

27/03/2017 | Reform

Bishop Benjamin Kwashi reports from Jos, Nigeria

Christians in the north of Nigeria have long faced attacks from Boko Haram, but now they are being attacked by Fulani, nomadic cattle herders, armed to the teeth. They slaughter Christians in their … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Comforting a dying friend

21/03/2017 | Reform

He joked about it – my husband, Kees, and my old friend and colleague, John, both going into hospital on St Valentine’s Day; and not only that, but at the same ungodly time of 7am, in the same hospital and … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: The devil’s bagpipes

21/03/2017 | Reform

Simon Jenkins ponders the wonders and weirdness of the devil’s bagpipes

Do you ever wonder what it must have been like back in baroque times to be at the church where JS Bach was the organist? Me neither. But come … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Putting Church before community?

27/02/2017 | Reform

Does my church put itself before its community?

What do you do in times like these? Gather, I guess. But does gathering make you community? I gather with a large group of people every Sunday to praise God, to hear … Read More

A letter from… the US

27/02/2017 | Reform

John J Thatamanil reports on life in the US under President Trump

Living in the US in the time of Trump is, I find, to be at a loss about how to love across chasms of difference. There is no … Read More

Niall Cooper: How to meet the reality of poverty

27/02/2017 | Reform

When you think about poverty, who do you think about? Poverty is not an abstract concept – something affecting people far away. But for some reason, we struggle to ‘see’ poverty close to home.

Fiction has a certain power. The … Read More