Promise, plague and passion

25/01/2019 | Reform

Next year, Oberammergau stages its 42nd passion play, keeping a 400-year-old promise to God

What started as a bargain with God has become a centuries-old village tradition that brings audiences of hundreds of thousands from across the world. In 1633, … Read More

A feast of silence

25/01/2019 | Reform

If you have been developing a beautiful church gardenand the practice of contemplative prayer, why not put them together? Alexa Barber reports

Two exciting recent developments at Zion United Reformed Church in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, came together in our first … Read More

When Jesus divided the Church

25/01/2019 | Reform

Three hundred years ago this month, the English Presbyterian Church was split by the Salters’ Hall debates. Robert Pope explains their problem

At the heart of Christianity stands the figure of Jesus – not only what he said and did … Read More

Organise kindness

25/01/2019 | Reform

Random acts of kindness can be wonderful, say Martin Wroe and Malcolm Doney. So why not make them non-random?

In a crowded train carriage, Sammy Welch was entertaining her young son Rylan on the five-hour journey from Birmingham, in the … Read More

Space at the table

25/01/2019 | Reform

How churches are ensuring that disabled people can fulfil their potential there, by Ros Bayes

In a church in Lancashire, the congregation is gathering for worship. The one thing that members have in common is that they all have learning … Read More

Interview: Innocence and experience

25/01/2019 | Reform

Michelle Diskin Bates talks to Stephen Tomkins 

On 26 April 1999, the TV presenter Jill Dando was killed, and 13 months later, Barry George was arrested and charged with her murder. Although the council for the defence were confident that … Read More