Reviews – December 2018/January 2019

27/11/2018 | Reform

Angels against austerity

It’s a Wonderful Life Directed by Frank Capra Certificate U, 131 minutes Re-released in December

Following the banking system bailout and the rise of Trump, this 1946 black-and-white classic – back in cinemas and restored to ultra … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘It is a bittersweet time’

27/11/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey sees grief and new birth

Since our granddaughter, Ciara, committed suicide two months ago, I have phoned her father – our son, Peter – most days. As I listen, I hear the healing power of the everyday: Ikea … Read More

Editorial: No angel

27/11/2018 | Reform

‘What are angels?’ is this month’s ‘A good question’, inspired by the Christmas story. I don’t have an answer – I bring incorrigible scepticism to the subject, I’m afraid – but I do have my own story.

When I was … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Women’s work

27/11/2018 | Reform

Church helpers: where are the men?

A woman’s work is never done. Is that an old-fashioned concept? If so, why is so much work at church assumed to belong to the women? When I first started going to church, I … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: The ten micro commandments

30/10/2018 | Reform

Paul Kerensa devises ten micro commandments for new church visitors

In our church, look heavenward and you’ll see three huge, stone slabs. One inscribed with the Ten Commandments, one with the Beatitudes and one with the Lord’s Prayer. It’s a … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 13:51-52

30/10/2018 | Reform

Fiona Thomas on what makes a good scribe

I once had a classmate who left school to join the civil service. At the time, I didn’t know what that meant. Civil servants are sometimes the silent, invisible people who get … Read More