Niall Cooper: What if God was one of us?

21/11/2013 | Reform

Is it time one of our most beloved and iconic Advent/Christmas traditions – the Nativity scene – had a makeover? Beyond the schmaltz, faux crib, stable and animals, can we really face the fact that God’s was born into a … Read More

Oh, Come On, All Ye Faithful

21/11/2013 | Reform

The tunes and the candlelight may be a treat of the season, but do we have to 
sing such nonsense? Symon Hill shreds the carol sheet

December is the only month of the year in which you can hear the … Read More

Simon Jenkins: Do animals go to heaven?

21/11/2013 | Reform

Do animals go to heaven? Will there be mewing and woofing on the streets of the New Jerusalem? Are dogs not just for Christmas, nor life, but for eternity? Theologians have only occasionally bothered their planet-sized brains about this weighty … Read More

A letter from…Bethlehem

21/11/2013 | Reform

Johnny Shahwan reports from Bethlehem

Two thousand years ago, the night sky over Bethlehem lit up as an angel announced to startled shepherds that their Saviour had been born. Today, the streets of Bethlehem are still lit up throughout Christmas, … Read More

A new road for Rome

21/11/2013 | Reform

The radical changes of Pope Francis’ first nine months, by Paul Vallely

It is nowhere near a year since Pope Francis took office, but already he looks set to be a great reforming Pope.

There is more to this than … Read More

What is the Bible for?

21/11/2013 | Reform

A reflection by Ann Conway-Jones

To linger in the mind These words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart

and pass down the generations You shall teach them diligently to your children

Howls of … Read More