Commitment-Phobe: The mouths of babes

22/01/2016 | Reform

When your spiritual guide is a child

I think most people have a spiritual guide of sorts – a person who inspires them either to think about their faith more deeply or to engage with faith in the first place. … Read More

Chapter & verse: Exodus 20:1-21 and Matthew 5:1-12

22/01/2016 | Reform

Susan Durber hears how texts talk to each other

The church where I worship has two sets of texts in niches the shape of tablets (the Moses kind of tablet, not iPads!) on the front wall of the sanctuary. The … Read More

Get Away!

22/01/2016 | Reform

From organising an overseas group tour to slipping off on a solo retreat, Reform looks at the options for Christian holidays

If you’re planning a holiday this year, why not add a spiritual dimension? At the more ambitious end of … Read More

What is the Spirit doing?

22/01/2016 | Reform

Brian Harley shares stories of encounter and renewal in the churches

The Holy Spirit is God living and working among us – not some scary ghost but the very presence of God in our lives just as Jesus promised: “He … Read More

Interview: The experiment
 of faith

22/01/2016 | Reform

Alister McGrath talks to Stephen Tomkins about faith and science

After gaining a degree in chemistry at Oxford, Alister McGrath stayed on for three years to complete a doctorate in molecular biophysics – in which time he also got a … Read More

Reviews – February 2016

22/01/2016 | Reform

A tale of many walls

 

Belfast: Toward a city without walls Vicky Cosstick Colourpoint Books £15 ISBN: 9781780730721

 

 

The Berlin Wall came down in 1989 but one UK city – Belfast – has almost … Read More