Reviews – June 2017

26/05/2017 | Reform

Meet the Trinity

The Shack Directed by Stuart Hazeldine Certificate 12a, 132 minutes Released 9 June

Mack (Sam Worthington) takes his kids on a camping trip with friends. Tragedy threatens to strike when the canoe of his daughter Katie and … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘They talked about when they were young’

26/05/2017 | Reform

Sheila Maxey hosts lunch for octogenarians

‘How’s your Alzheimer’s, Bob?’ I asked an 85-year-old relative as he arrived at our house for a family lunch for the ‘oldest generation’. It was a serious question. Five years ago, at a large … Read More

Editorial: Party leaders do God

26/05/2017 | Reform

Maybe I wasn’t paying attention, but I don’t remember Easter messages being a thing that UK politicians do. Since Alastair Campbell used the statement to stop Tony Blair talking about his faith, ‘We don’t do God’ has become the expected … Read More

A good question: Why go to church?

02/05/2017 | Reform

One question, four answers

 

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God created humanism

02/05/2017 | Reform

Christians have a message for the secular values of our world, says Theo Hobson, and it starts with ‘yes’

Who are we? I think that a major muddle surrounds the question of Christian identity. It prevents us from giving a … Read More

Chapter & verse: Revelation 21:22-22:5

02/05/2017 | Reform

Erna Stevenson finds Christian Aid in Revelation

How fitting it is that Christian Aid Week should fall in the season of Easter! It is in the event of the resurrection that God’s emphatic ‘NO’ to suffering and death, to humiliation … Read More