Editorial: The great ordeal

20/05/2019 | Reform

I don’t expect the Bible always to be topical and probably wouldn’t like it as much if it was, but I was struck by how much one of the readings this Sunday had to say about recent events.

A … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘God is woven through each creative story’

29/04/2019 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on how to write stories

I’ve been running a sitcom-writing workshop for the BBC Writers Room, an initiative to find tomorrow’s scribes. After a fierce whittling process, 20 finalists enjoy a year of development and guest speakers. I … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Thank God for long-lasting friendship’

29/04/2019 | Reform

Sheila Maxey gives thanks for long-lasting friendship

Long-lasting friendship is a great blessing. I have coffee nearly every week with a friend I met 50 years ago through our children. We talk about the books we are reading, our ailments … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 1:1-11

29/04/2019 | Reform

Nigel Uden on the ascension

Artists and musicians are interpreters. They take an idea and depict it in images or sounds, offering drama, excitement and intensity. They can heighten emotion, exaggerate spectacle and develop simplicity, which so often is instructive … Read More

A letter from… the Church in Ghana

29/04/2019 | Reform

William Asiama Bekoe reports from the Church in Ghana

The Church in Ghana is in a perilous and challenging time. People are looking up to the Church in the face of increasing social and moral decay. The entire nation is … Read More

I am… a survivor of sexual abuse in church

29/04/2019 | Reform

A survivor of sexual abuse in church tells his story

I met my abuser for the first time when I was 12. He was student minister in my church. When my parents divorced, I moved in with my mum and … Read More