Commitment-Phobe: Mr CP: The interview

06/07/2016 | Reform

interviewing Mr Commitment-Phobe

If you’ve followed this column for the past three years, you’ll remember that it started with me as an atheist, seeking God through visiting churches. And here I am now, an enthusiastic churchgoing Christian. You might also … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Listening to difference

06/07/2016 | Reform

Sheila Maxey faces the challenge of listening to difference

I have long been impressed by Jean Vanier and the L’Arche communities he founded, where people with learning disabilities live with those who society considers normal. I planned to spend my … Read More

A letter from… Yola, Nigeria

27/05/2016 | Reform

Anna (not her real name) was one of 276 girls kidnapped from Chibok secondary school in north-east Nigeria by the Islamist group Boko Haram. The girls were enslaved and some of them made to marry members of Boko Haram. Eventually … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Luke 8:26-39

27/05/2016 | Reform

Rosalind Selby considers demons and depression

This tough text is the Gospel reading set for 19 June. Here is Jesus healing a man who lived across the lake in the country of the Gerasenes. The man gives himself the name … Read More

Niall Cooper: Stand in solidarity

27/05/2016 | Reform

A Church for the poor

Pope Francis has said that he wants “a poor Church, for the poor” – but what does it actually mean to be a Church of and for the poor? Here in the UK, are our … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Beastly piety

27/05/2016 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on beastly piety

A parrot popped up in my Twitter feed a few days ago. He was raising his head from his own feed (a bowl of sunflower seeds) and fixing me beadily with a meaningful look. Right … Read More