Interview: Who was the real Paul?

01/10/2018 | Reform

The New Testament Scholar NT Wright talks to Stephen Tomkins

NT Wright, known as Tom, is an influential and prolific writer on the New Testament, particularly on Paul. Estimates on the number of books he has written vary, but there … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: Praying godparents

01/10/2018 | Reform

You get all sorts in churches. They’ll let anyone in – thank God. And we do thank God, for that freedom, though we do that thanking in a variety of ways – sitting, kneeling, standing arms raised. You never know … Read More

I am… transgender

01/10/2018 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young confronts medical injustice as a trans person

People think that it is easy, popular even, to be trans today. That hasn’t been my experience and isn’t the experience of many trans people I know.

Just weeks ago, I … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Bad neighbour, part two

01/10/2018 | Reform

Trouble with my neighbour, part two

How do you pray for someone when what you really want to do is punch them in the face? This is the obstacle that my husband and I have had to face throughout this … Read More

A letter from… Jamaica and the Cayman Islands

01/10/2018 | Reform

A complaint from the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands

In 1969, the Jamaican singer Jimmy Cliff released the song ‘Many Rivers to Cross’. Sung in a plaintive voice, the song explores loss and being lost on a … Read More

Reviews – October 2018

01/10/2018 | Reform

When crime is your safety net

Sink Directed by Mark Gillis Certificate 15, 87 minutes Released 12 October

Micky (Martin Herdman), who was once a skilled manual worker, is struggling. He has to look after his father Sam (Ian Hogg) … Read More