Chapter and Verse: Psalm 13: 1

24/01/2013 | Reform

Apparently, February is the most depressing month and the advice is not to take any major decisions. On the bright side, it’s the shortest month. Christians have been famously mocked for always looking on the bright side, so we have … Read More

Sonia Christie – Eco-Gardener: Simplicity, in life and garden

24/01/2013 | Reform

The house was in utter chaos. Ollie was preparing for his band’s first ever gig; Alex was “helping” to ice his birthday cake; Bruce was practising his lines for an amateur dramatics play and Ellie was frantically revising for her … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Tripped up by prejudice

24/01/2013 | Reform

I have been caught out yet again misjudging someone. William called as a winter afternoon was drawing to a close and I groaned inside. William is a 50-something Irishman from East London who, for the past 20 years, has had … Read More

Reviews – February 2013

24/01/2013 | Reform

Good news for church growth

Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present David Goodhew Ashgate Contemporary Ecclesiology £17.99

‘It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that Christianity in Britain is in decline. However, not all universally acknowledged truths are … Read More

The Manger and the Cross

20/11/2012 | Reform 1

Where, asks Rosalind Selby, is the enfleshment of the Son of God to be most inclusively understood?

Many (perhaps most) Christmas sermons across the western world will offer congregations the good news that Jesus was born, in human flesh amongst … Read More

Jane Williams interview: “God is really what we have to offer”

20/11/2012 | Reform

Justin Brierley meets author, lecturer and theologian Jane Williams

Because my wife is a local church leader, I’m often introduced to people as “the husband of our minister”. Jane Williams is someone who can identify with that, but magnified by … Read More