Commitment-Phobe: Love, joy and running

27/01/2014 | Reform

Having decided to move on from atheism, Commitment-Phobe
 is touring churches of all denominations to see if she can find God

Since my last venture into Christianity at the local Catholic church, I have been asking a lot of questions. … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 6:25-34

27/01/2014 | Reform

This is a challenging but also comforting passage. Challenging, because, as Susan Durber showed us in her July/August column, we aren’t good at money-related stuff. Comforting, because Jesus says God knows our needs, and if we do God’s work, these … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Sprits high

27/01/2014 | Reform

I have been surprised by how some kinds of good news can lift my spirits sky-high. I don’t mean the sigh of relief when a medical investigation reports nothing untoward, or when a friend’s son, undertaking a dangerous long-distance cycle … Read More

Reviews – February 2014

27/01/2014 | Reform

Meeting an old friend
 for the first time

Confessions St Augustine, translated by 
Fr Benignus O’Rourke Darton, Longman and Todd £12.99

I have a confession of my own to make: I had never actually read Augustine before. Like many of … Read More

Editorial: A year for remembering

27/01/2014 | Reform

I have a sixth sense. More powerful than any of the normal five, it reaches across miles and years. It brings me scenes, conversations, events, sensations and information from far distant times and places. It’s a superpower I share with … Read More

Simon Jenkins: Between hairiness and holiness

27/01/2014 | Reform

Beards have been bristling into the headlines in the recent months. Jeremy Paxman’s decision to give his razor a rest last summer proved as much of a gift to journalists as David Dimbleby’s tattoo. The Newsnight audience polarised into pro … Read More