A radical unwelcome

27/03/2014 | Reform

Fleur Houston fears letting in the Immigration Bill

The Immigration Bill is designed, the government says, to “create a really hostile environment” for people who do not have a legal right to be in the UK. In fact, it creates … Read More

Resurrection in the margins

27/03/2014 | Reform

Why does the risen Christ insist on leading his followers back 
to Galilee? Andrew Mayes investigates

Mark’s Gospel has the most enigmatic ending – the risen Christ does not appear in the Gospel at all. Instead, coming to the tomb … Read More

Map-reading 
for pilgrims

27/03/2014 | Reform

Navigating this world is hard enough, let alone the next. Chris Avis asks directions

Give me a map and I’m lost. In my experience, the simple printed route of A to B on paper soon conspires to traverse the whole … Read More

Qumran Communion

27/03/2014 | Reform

John Miller considers the evidence that the Last Supper was an Essene Passover

Jesus met with his disciples at a secret location in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. He said that he had longed to share “this Passover” with them, … Read More

Parent power

27/03/2014 | Reform

Charissa King visits a parental support project in Southampton

Twenty-six years ago, the congregation of Avenue St Andrews United Reformed Church in Southampton noticed that the families living in bedsits nearby had nowhere to go during the day. They had … Read More

A good question: Has the ecumenical movement failed?

25/02/2014 | Reform

Each month we ask one question and get four answers.
 This month: Has the ecumenical movement failed?

This is an extract from the March 2014 edition of Reform.

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