How lovely on the mountains

29/04/2024 | Reform

Stephen Thornton looks back on 60 years of ministry and mountains

When I was a child at a Congregational church in Bradford, the main service was in the evening, with an afternoon Sunday school for children and adults. But they … Read More

Jesus and… peace

29/04/2024 | Reform

A series on what we have to learn from and about Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, John Cooper on peace

Before 26-year-old Henry was tied to a barbed wire fence for 28 days, did he think his … Read More

A good question: What makes a church thrive?

29/04/2024 | Reform 1

One question, four answers

Jane Bower‘Accept change for the better, even when it hurts’

Thriving is more than existing or growing – for anything to thrive, it needs to be nourished, kept healthy, stimulated, and sparking with imagination, ideas and … Read More

Art in Focus: May 2024

29/04/2024 | Reform

Marc ChagallAbraham and the Three Angels, c.1960-66Musée National Marc Chagall, Nice, France

The Hospitality of Abraham, the icon by the great Russian iconographer Rublev (pictured below), is very well known. This painting of the same scene by Marc Chagall is … Read More

Reviews May 2024

29/04/2024 | Reform

A fatal belief

The BeastDirected by Bertrand BonelloCertificate 15, 146 minutesReleased 31 May

As satisfying as it is infuriating, this French genre-bender is part science fiction, part period costume drama and part literary adaptation. It’s based on Henry James’ 1903 … Read More

Editorial: Can you grow the tree all over again?

29/04/2024 | Reform

This month Richard Dawkins has been getting all over the news pages – including Reform’s (page 7) – by calling himself a ‘cultural Christian’. It’s something he’s said before, and he’s not alone. How many people are there in the … Read More