Reviews – October 2015

25/09/2015 | Reform

Meet the Fathers

Who Were the Church Fathers?: From Clement 
of Rome to Gregory the Great Marcellino D’Ambrosio SPCK £12.99

If your knowledge of the early Church Fathers is a little hazy and sketchy – as mine was until I … Read More

Niall Cooper: Debt beyond death

25/09/2015 | Reform

What churches can do to combat funeral poverty

As Christians, we are familiar with the concept of life beyond death. Sadly, as the cost of dying continues to increase more rapidly than the cost of living, increasing numbers of people … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Customised coffins

25/09/2015 | Reform

Simon Jenkins gets into coffins

“Which would you prefer?” asked the man at the funeral home: “Polished mahogany, with solid brass fittings and a deep velvet lining? Or, maybe you’d like to consider something from our new customised range?”

It … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Prayer time

25/09/2015 | Reform

Sheila Maxey experiments with prayer time

“I joined prayers using a wooden spinning top”

Over the summer, I changed my time for morning prayer. For many years, I went to my study after breakfast, lit a candle, arranged some little … Read More

Editorial: Fighting for a home

25/09/2015 | Reform

In January 1944, near Szarkiszki in Lithuania, a train carrying Italian soldiers home from the eastern front at Vilnius was blown up and 200 men were killed. It was the work of Jewish partisans hiding in Rudniki forest. Throughout the … Read More

Interview: Cares and shares

28/08/2015 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins talks to the chief executives of Oikocredit and Carers UK, two organisations celebrating major anniversaries

Monica Middleton is UK director of the social investment company Oikocredit, which turns 40 this year. Founded by the World Council of Churches, … Read More