Hand over the controls

19/06/2018 | Reform

To see truth, says Richard Rohr, we have to hand over the controls to our imagination

The contemplative mind does not tell us what to see, but teaches us how to see what we behold. Contemplation allows us to see … Read More

Jesus in the trenches

29/05/2018 | Reform

Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, aka Woodbine Willie, first published his reflections from the trenches 100 years ago. In this edited extract, he questions the Almighty

Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy was a British chaplain in the First World War. He earned the nickname … Read More

I am… a Windrush generation immigrant

29/05/2018 | Reform

Catherine Ross on being part of the Windrush generation

I am a black Caribbean, born on the sunny island of St Kitts in 1951. I left my island home at seven years old to settle in England, and was one … Read More

A good question: Is Britain unwelcoming?

29/05/2018 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article that was published in the June 2018 edition of  Reform

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Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Worship screensaver mode

29/05/2018 | Reform

Simon Jenkins tackles worship screensaver mode

I was speaking in church recently, and was just hitting peak preach – a bit like the thundering of Niagara Falls after a few weeks of heavy rain – when I made the error … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 2:42 

29/05/2018 | Reform

Susan Durber asks: what is an apostolic church?

I keep coming across that verse from Acts 2, and the passage that follows, about the early Church. My own congregation, with our local Methodist church, has been reading Holy Habits by … Read More