A good question: What does the Christmas Story mean?

30/11/2016 | Reform

One question, four answers

 

 

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These are extracts from the December 2016/January 2017 edition of Reform.

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Church without walls

30/11/2016 | Reform

Ruth Maxey moved to Milton Keynes in 2013 to pioneer a new kind of church. Three and a half years later, she leads a thriving worshipping community – and still has no church building

Recently at Talking Point, a weekly … Read More

The benefits of grace

30/11/2016 | Reform

What if the UK benefits system did a better job – and embodied the Christian Gospel too? The economist Malcolm Torry introduces the radical proposals being considered for citizen’s basic income

Citizen’s basic income – also known as universal basic … Read More

Christmas ideas: How to give more

30/11/2016 | Reform

Reform’s annual recommendations for including charities in your Christmas celebrations

‘Christmas comes this time each year,’ as the Beach Boys sagely advised us, and assuming they were talking about 25 December, they weren’t wrong. But what comes this time each … Read More

Remember, remember

01/11/2016 | Reform

Next year, 2017, is the centenary not just of the Somme but of conscription. This November, remember not just those who fought, but those who refused, says Susan Dowell

Two and a half years ago, as people across Britain prepared … Read More

Brothers in arms

01/11/2016 | Reform

One hundred years ago, Frederick Pickering and Friedrich Hauss were on opposite sides in the Battle of the Somme. Now their grandsons have made the surprising discovery of their shared history

In 1916 Friedrich Hauss, a German theological student, was … Read More