Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘The Advent calendar-makers have spotted a window of opportunity’

28/11/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa looks behind the Advent calendar door

Advent calendar this year? Chocolate or biblical pictures? Or gin or smellies? Oh yes, the calendar-makers have spotted a window of opportunity. Some say their days are numbered – but it looks … Read More

Editorial: Christmas hospitality

28/11/2022 | Reform

No one wants to pour cold water over beloved Christmas traditions, or at least not me. But I’ve read many New Testament scholars saying that there is no ‘inn’ in the biblical Christmas story, and I buy it. They say … Read More

Art in focus – December 2022 / January 2023

28/11/2022 | Reform

Rest on the Flight into Egypt(c. 1597) Oil on canvasCaravaggio, born MichelangeloMerisi da Caravaggio (Milan)

In a dark landscape typical of Caravaggio, four faces are illuminated. Joseph gazes at a young angel and Mary’s head is drawn close to the … Read More

Reviews December 2022 / January 2023

28/11/2022 | Reform

Compelling mythology

Son of the White MareDirected by Marcell JankovicsCertificate 12, 86 minutesReleased on 4K Blu-ray

This 40-year-old animated film deserves to be better known. It recalls two perennial favourites. One is Fantasia (1940), where the idea of classical music liberated … Read More

Premier Christianity

28/11/2022 | Reform

Mark Vickers, Catholic priest and author of God in Number 10: The personal faith of the prime ministers, from Balfour to Blair talks to Reform

God in Number 10 covers the diversity of the religious faith of the 19 prime … Read More

A good question: Did Jesus and Paul preach the same Gospel?

28/11/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

ROSALIND SELBY‘They speak to different contexts’

Yes. No. Maybe. It depends on the context.

This isn’t very helpful, so let me try and unpack it.

Gospel (literally ‘good news’) is first used to proclaim God’s saving … Read More