Isaac Watts at 350

29/01/2025 | Reform

Joan McGavin looks at how the hymnwriter’s place of birth marked his 350th throughout last year

Last year was the 350th anniversary of the birth of Isaac Watts in Southampton, and a number of events, long in the planning, took … Read More

Me and Jesus and Trump

29/01/2025 | Reform

A faith that can respond to the news needs to be more than individual,argues Donald W Norwood

President Donald Trump is a Christian! Some readers might challenge the statement; his supporters in America take it for granted. No one ever … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Matthew 16: 2-23

29/01/2025 | Reform

Graham McGeoch sees the signs of the times. Plus Bible study questions

As you read this, I will be in Harare, Zimbabwe, for the Council for World Mission’s DARE Global Forum. ‘DARE’ is short for ‘Discernment and Radical Engagement’: a … Read More

The Colors Within

27/01/2025 | Reform

Directed by Naoko YamadaCertificate U, 101 minutesReleased31 January

This Japanese animated feature opens in a boarding school chapel, in which a teenage girl is praying the Serenity Prayer. In terms of real-life religious faith, this is not particularly odd; yet … Read More