Simon Jenkins: Mechanical martyrs

16/07/2013 | Reform

Even though I’ve been a Christian for several centuries (well, so it sometimes seems) I must confess I’ve never seen a saint smacking himself on the nose with a crucifix before. It happened to me last week when I went … Read More

Christian activist: We must stop eating like this

16/07/2013 | Reform

Dixe Wills presents the challenge of veganism

How risky is your life? Do you sometimes cross the road just after the green man has turned red? Or perhaps you get your thrills from drilling holes in walls without first checking … Read More

God gives birth

16/07/2013 | Reform

How becoming a mother gave Veronica Zundel new insights into the motherhood of God

I had a long, distressing stay in hospital after giving birth – “Hell on the fifth floor” as my husband Ed called it. When I was … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Prayer and pain

15/07/2013 | Reform

I treasure my early morning prayer time – when I shut my study door, light a candle and just sit/kneel quietly. When I choose a holiday cottage I look for a good view so that I can get up a … Read More

Worse than crack

15/07/2013 | Reform

How much does crack cocaine hurt babies in the womb? There was an interesting and sobering answer to that question in The Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday.

Researchers in Philadelphia, led by Prof. Hallam Hurt, started studying the question in 1989. With one in … Read More

Plaque and proud

15/07/2013 | Reform

There’s a new blue plaque on the wall of Church House, where Reform lives. We went out and watched it being unveiled last week. (The picture that looks like Neil McKenna flying a kite is in fact Neil McKenna pulling the veil … Read More