20 Questions: Martyn Joseph

26/08/2016 | Reform

The musician Martyn Joseph gives 20 answers

What is your favourite time of year? Probably late December. It’s the time of year when all travel is done, I’m off the road and able to catch up with everything else.

Where … Read More

A letter from… Brexitville, UK

26/08/2016 | Reform

In Boston, Lincolnshire, 75% of people voted leave in the EU referendum. In neighbouring South Holland, the proportion was 73.6%. Robert Sheard, minister of three churches in the two most Eurosceptic districts in Britain, reports

This area of Lincolnshire is … Read More

Reviews – September 2016

26/08/2016 | Reform

Divine family fortunes

The Brand New Testament Directed by Jaco Van Dormael Certificate 15, 110 minutes DVD released on 8 August

At the end of Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits, the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), being pressed on the problem of … Read More

Interview: Going for green

26/08/2016 | Reform

Jonathan Bartley, joint candidate for leader of the Green Party, talks to Stephen Tomkins and Charissa King

On 2 September, the Green Party may or may not announce its new leader. If it does not, it will make history – … Read More

Crossing the divide

26/08/2016 | Reform

Stephenie Robinson has experienced both painful rejection and longed-for inclusion by churches in her transgender journey. So, how can churches be more welcoming?

We like to belong to clubs. But as Eugene Petersen observes in his introduction to Luke’s Gospel … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Reducing Scripture to clip art

26/08/2016 | Reform

The Emoji Bible is in better company than it deserves

It’s smiley faces all round. News has broken that the holy scriptures have at last been translated into emoji. For Martian readers, emoji are the colourful little symbols humans use … Read More