Reviews – April 2018

27/03/2018 | Reform

The pain of separation

Custody Directed by Xavier Legrand Certificate tbc, 93 minutes Released 13 April

Antoine (Denis Ménochet) and Miriam (Léa Drucker), whose marriage has fallen apart, attend a custody hearing regarding their son Julien (Thomas Gioria) who is … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I find it hard to receive’

27/03/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey feels uneasiness over money

We are lucky – or should I say ‘blessed’ – to have plenty of money. So, when my Kindle died last week, in the middle of a gripping thriller, it was a nuisance – … Read More

Editorial: Here’s to next time

27/03/2018 | Reform

Editing a magazine might not be a hard job, but there are some unforeseen pitfalls. I use three recording devices at once for interviews (belt, braces and stapling your trousers on) but on one occasion all three failed to record. … Read More

Interview: A beautiful lie

20/03/2018 | Reform

The historian Kate Bowler talks to Stephen Tomkins and Charissa King

Though she grew up amid Canadian Mennonites, Kate Bowler became an academic authority on a very different branch of Christianity, the prosperity gospel, which tells followers that God wants … Read More

A good question: What do you do about the bits of the Bible you don’t like?

23/02/2018 | Reform

One question, four answers

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Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Spontaneous prayer

23/02/2018 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on spontaneous prayer

Churches differ from each other in a multitude of ways – whether their clergy dress up or dress down, whether they skip through five-minute sermonettes or endure hour-long blockbusters – but one of the biggest … Read More