A Buddhist’s Jesus

26/08/2016 | Reform

In the third of this series hearing insights into Jesus from people of other faiths, Shenpen Hookham brings a Buddhist perspective to the Gospels

Until I became a Buddhist I was a Christian, quite a strong and sincere one. I … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Matthew 10: 29-31

26/08/2016 | Reform

Susan Durber on the depths of God’s love

We saw a dead sparrow, there on the path as we walked along a track. It lay on its back, curled feet, beak skyward. ‘The Lord knows,’ said my companion.

We had … Read More

On the pilgrim way: A summer of pain

26/08/2016 | Reform

Sheila Maxey learns to be astonished in the midst of pain

It has been a summer of pain – eight weeks and counting of the sharp, stabbing pain of shingles combined with ongoing pain in my right shoulder and arm … Read More

Editorial: In the bookshop

26/08/2016 | Reform

You’re in a Victorian bookshop (or if you’re not, just pretend you are). While browsing for something to read on your next stagecoach journey, you come across The Duty and Obligation of the Christian Minister by the Revd Frederick de … Read More

Interview: women will raise their voices

19/08/2016 | Reform

Esther Mombo is one of Africa’s foremost theologians and a formidable campaigner for gender equality. Despite some signs of change, she remains severely critical of patriarchal attitudes among Church leaders – attitudes that continue to foster discrimination and the oppression … Read More

Interview: 1517 and all that

06/07/2016 | Reform

Historian and TV presenter Diarmaid MacCulloch talks to Stephen Tomkins

Five centuries ago next year, a teacher at an obscure university in Wittenberg, Germany, hung 95 discussion starters on the church door for his students on the subject of the … Read More