Niall Cooper: Join the society debate

23/01/2015 | Reform

What Christians have to do with politics

With the general election approaching, 2015 is a year of decision. Our society is facing fundamental challenges: Rising levels of poverty, inequality and austerity, a housing crisis, challenges facing children and young people, … Read More

Murder mystery

23/01/2015 | Reform

What does it take for a killer to find redemption? Peter Ranscombe turned to fiction to find out

It’s one of the most challenging questions raised by the Christian faith: Can a killer ever find redemption? If Adolf Hitler had … Read More

Christian activist: A lethal greed

23/01/2015 | Reform

Linda Price counts the cost of meat

I’m not a vegetarian, but I’m working on it. I eat meat very occasionally, and when I do, I can no longer enjoy it because I know it’s not only the biggest cause … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: OMG!

23/01/2015 | Reform

Simon Jenkins gives a brief history of OMG

Something curious happened on the Disney Channel website just before Christmas. Lilly Anderson, a girl from a good Christian family in North Carolina, visited the website on her 10th birthday and came … Read More

On a wing and a prayer

23/01/2015 | Reform

Mark Winter takes a long slow look at the place where birdwatching and prayer meet

Prayer and watching birds may not seem obvious activities to combine, but for me, there are special occasions when they go together. Afterwards, I am … Read More

Chapter and verse: 1 Corinthians 11:33

23/01/2015 | Reform

Susan Durber reflects on the scandal of the Lord’s Supper

I recently spent some time in a rural village community in Kerala, India. With June Osborne, the Dean of Salisbury, and our translator Manju, I shared the only bedroom in … Read More