Chapter & verse: Acts 2:1-21

22/04/2016 | Reform

John Proctor asks if Pentecost rings any bells

Bells are about the only sound missing on the Day of Pentecost. Yet, the chapter rings many a bell. It resonates with a host of hopes and encounters from elsewhere in the … Read More

On the Pilgrim Way: Old age isn’t going away

22/04/2016 | Reform

Two-year-old Tanu is screaming with frustration next door: frustration about the things she is rightly not allowed to do, frustration about the things she has not yet got the skills to do. So many limitations! She is in the midst … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Acts 11: 1-18

27/03/2016 | Reform

Francis Brienen on standing in the way of the Spirit

The power of story can change things: minds, hearts, culture, even “the way we do things around here”. This story in Acts changes everything. To give it even more power … Read More

Niall Cooper: Nothing about us without us

27/03/2016 | Reform

“Nothing about us without us is for us”

What is it really like to live in poverty? How does it feel? What does it do to your sense of dignity and self-worth? How does it feel when you can’t afford … Read More

A letter from… Tuvalu, Polynesia

27/03/2016 | Reform

Our island is just 26 sq km, so climate change and rising sea are the major issues that we face. If there is no wind at high tide, we are happy, but when high tide comes together with strong winds … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Jesus’ sense of humour

27/03/2016 | Reform 1

Simon Jenkins ponders Jesus’ sense of humour

The shortest verse in the Gospels is famously: “Jesus wept.” But how about: “Jesus laughed”? Did that ever happen? Can faith be funny? Does the Holy Ghost make people split their sides? Has … Read More