Paths to Peace

28/04/2014 | Reform

Israelis and Palestinians tell their stories from the struggle for rights and reconciliation. Edited by Stephen Tomkins; photographs by Tom Pilston

The soldier Avihai Stollar

My father and grandfather had been soldiers, and when they told their stories, their eyes … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: A step of faith

28/04/2014 | Reform

It’s kind of scary. You start off thinking you’ll have an adventure, but you can back out the minute things get tricky. So last summer, when I decided to give up atheism and find God through visits to randomly-picked churches, … Read More

A letter from… Ethiopia

28/04/2014 | Reform

As a widow living together with my only daughter of eight years, I was ashamed of my HIV status, so I kept it secret from both my daughter and other people. One day, my daughter came home troubled by some … Read More

Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: The strangest church names

28/04/2014 | Reform 1

I once heard of an evangelical organisation looking for a snappy new name for their ministry to students. They were impressed by the kung-fu style name of CICCU (the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union) and brainstormed ideas for names along those … Read More

Christian activist: Forgive us our trespasses

28/04/2014 | Reform

Justin Whelan reports on a prayer-trespass

If you honestly thought your government was perpetrating evil, how far would you be willing to go to stop them? We often look back to Nazi Germany, or apartheid South Africa, and ask why more … Read More

Chapter & verse: 2 Corinthians 5: 14-21

28/04/2014 | Reform 1

How does the death and resurrection of Jesus save us? And how does it shape Church life/give it Christian distinctiveness? Paul’s answer is “reconciliation!” That is his term for the ways in which God overcomes all the hostility and brokenness … Read More