On the pilgrim way: “Why can’t I just be simply thankful?”

29/02/2016 | Reform

Sheila Maxey asks why it is hard to be thankful for good health

I am surprised – even a little shocked – that I am finding it difficult to be unreservedly thankful when I have every reason to be so. … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Learning to worship

23/02/2016 | Reform

Learning the rules of worship

After becoming a Christian, I joined a church where I had been doing an Alpha course. On that course we sang a hymn each week, so those of us who were not culturally Christian could … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Revelation 21: 1-5

23/02/2016 | Reform

Lawrence Moore decodes the politics of the Apocalypse

What is your theology of nuclear holocaust? By which I mean: do you think God is going to “use” nukes to end human history by destroying the world?

In 1976, I won … Read More

Reviews – March 2016

23/02/2016 | Reform

Paul through fresh eyes

Meeting God in Paul Rowan Williams SPCK £8.99 ISBN: 9780281073399

 

 

I have not often found a book on theology to be a genuine page turner, difficult to put down. I … Read More

Editorial: Jesus versus the family

23/02/2016 | Reform

There are some things Jesus said that I just don’t like. I’ve come to realise this quite recently and quite reluctantly, but it’s true. They include pretty much everything he has to say about family.

When his mother and brothers … Read More

A letter from… Calder valley

23/02/2016 | Reform 1

Justine Wyatt reports on flooding in the Calder valley

There have been floods in the Calder valley before, but never causing so much structural damage as the Boxing Day floods. There were 2,500 houses and 1,500 businesses flooded.  Riverside Primary … Read More