Reviews – May 2016

22/04/2016 | Reform

Harrowing vision of
 the Holocaust

Son of Saul Directed by László Nemes Certificate 15, 107 minutes Released 29 April

Knowing its subject matter in advance doesn’t prepare the viewer for just how difficult this movie is going to be to … Read More

“What God might be up to”

22/04/2016 | Reform

Greenbelt Festival and the United Reformed Church are going into partnership for the next two years. It’s a plan involving scrap metal, cake, flash mob liturgy and big questions, as Stephen Tomkins discovers

There are acrobats clambering around a huge … Read More

Learning to grow, growing to learn

22/04/2016 | Reform

Westminster College is expanding into a theological hub

The diggers are back at Westminster College, Cambridge. After a £7m redevelopment project between 2013 and 2014, which transformed the historic building into a modern centre for learning, building work is happening … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: The tricky skill of praying for others

22/04/2016 | Reform

Moving on from atheism, Commitment-Phobe toured churches and tried God. Now, as a new Christian, the journey continues

During our Sunday service, everyone is invited to come up to receive personal prayer should they want it. Someone on the prayer … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 2:1-21

22/04/2016 | Reform

John Proctor asks if Pentecost rings any bells

Bells are about the only sound missing on the Day of Pentecost. Yet, the chapter rings many a bell. It resonates with a host of hopes and encounters from elsewhere in the … Read More

Editorial: Tax and Jesus

22/04/2016 | Reform

Considering how little Jesus had to say about EU membership, the housing crisis and whether you have to sing the national anthem, it’s refreshing to find him talking directly about front page news. Should we or should we not pay … Read More