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

A good question: Why are young people being radicalised?

22/01/2016 | Reform

One question, four answers

 

This is an extract from the February 2016 edition of Reform.

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Papua New Guinea diary

22/01/2016 | Reform

Falling buildings and friendly feasts, bruised buttocks and global family – a visit to Papua New Guinea has it all. Last year, David Grosch-Miller and his wife Carla went there as guests of the United Church. Here, as part of … Read More

A letter from… Kenya

22/01/2016 | Reform

Monica Achieng on living in a malaria zone

I am expecting a baby in February. It’s my third pregnancy – I have two sons, Jeff is 10 and Hilary is eight. My husband is a motorbike driver and has gone … Read More

Christian activist: Graham Marshall

22/01/2016 | Reform

Graham Marshall looks back on 50 years of work with people struggling with addiction

When I was young, I experimented with drugs and got into trouble. After spending a year in rehab, in the late 1970s, I started volunteering for … Read More