Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Blessed Beer

01/11/2016 | Reform

Simon Jenkins enjoys blessed beer

A priest walks into a bar and asks the barman to give him a Hail Mary. ‘Don’t you mean a Bloody Mary?’ replies the barman. ‘And two Our Fathers for insulting the Blessed Virgin,’ says … Read More

Reviews – November 2016

01/11/2016 | Reform

Stories to help find Jesus through John

The Gospel of John: The Gospel of relationship Jean Vanier Darton, Longman and Todd £9.99 ISBN: 9780232532555

Jean Vanier’s new book reminded me of the New Testament letters of John: all four works … Read More

You must read this!

01/11/2016 | Reform

Have you, and your friends and family, read enough books this year to end 2016 with a warm sense of a year well spent and a mind broadened? If not, never fear, there’s still time to catch up. Reform’s own … Read More

Watch and talk

01/11/2016 | Reform

The film critic Jeremy Clarke recommends new and forthcoming films for church discussion groups

Films of all shapes and hues can be great for provoking discussion in church groups. You can watch them in the cinema and debrief later, or … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Looking forwards, and back

01/11/2016 | Reform

There seem to have been a number of milestones in the family in the last few weeks. A grandson turned 18; two granddaughters went to ‘big school’ – one moving from a primary school of 100 to a secondary school … Read More

Editorial: For all the saints

01/11/2016 | Reform

Macarius lived for six months in a gnat-infested swamp as penance for swatting a gnat that bit him. John Wesley at 82 caught a fever begging in the snow on behalf of those with no blankets. Felicitas, eight-months pregnant, was … Read More