Church without walls

30/11/2016 | Reform

Ruth Maxey moved to Milton Keynes in 2013 to pioneer a new kind of church. Three and a half years later, she leads a thriving worshipping community – and still has no church building

Recently at Talking Point, a weekly … Read More

Interview: Last stand

30/11/2016 | Reform

The pioneering environmental activist Bill McKibben talks to Stephen Tomkins

In 1989, when the media for the first time started to buzz with talk of global warming, the first book that educated non-scientists as to what the alarm was about … Read More

The benefits of grace

30/11/2016 | Reform

What if the UK benefits system did a better job – and embodied the Christian Gospel too? The economist Malcolm Torry introduces the radical proposals being considered for citizen’s basic income

Citizen’s basic income – also known as universal basic … Read More

A letter from… Melbourne

30/11/2016 | Reform

Stephen Burns learns from Advent in Melbourne

When I migrated to Australia from Birmingham, the Church year became strange for me. Here, Lent is in autumn, days are getting shorter and Easter is not accompanied by the new life of … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 3:15

30/11/2016 | Reform

Kevin Watson reflects on the first words of Jesus

Did Paul McCartney, penning ‘Let it be’, know that those words are the first recorded words of Jesus? Some Bibles have Jesus’ words in red print, and my Advent Bible study … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Why can’t I say no

30/11/2016 | Reform

Adventures with children and sheet music

This Christmas, I am working on saying the word ‘no’ at church. When invited to do something by a church leader I just don’t seem to be able to say it! My brain tells … Read More