Here & now: Alvin mark

23/07/2025 | Reform

Alvin Mark on roots and discovery

I wasn’t born in Tranquebar, but my faith heritage is deeply rooted there. It was in that coastal town of Tamil Nadu, India, that Lutheran missionaries like Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (pictured above) brought the Bible … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Jeremiah 1:4-10

23/07/2025 | Reform

Laurence Wareing explores the demands of prophecy

It was not a good time to be a prophet when Jeremiah was summoned to the task by God. For most of his 40-year career the people to whom Jeremiah spoke lived under … Read More

Songs of Faith: Kevin Snyman

23/07/2025 | Reform

Kevin Snyman rescues hymns from empire

Recent news has sparked discussions on the political nature of worship: is it or isn’t it? If we truly walk with Jesus, we will take sides in debates of a political or economic nature. … Read More

Soul Stories: John Proctor

23/07/2025 | Reform

John Proctor on his journey with Christ

I well remember the day I was converted. To natural gas. It was a purely mechanical process. New valves and burners and so on were fitted to cookers and heaters. Once the job … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I felt we were intruders in the unmanaged woods’

23/07/2025 | Reform

Sheila Maxey takes a back seat

In May I spent a week on a canal boat exploring the Caldon Canal. The sun shone all week as I mostly sat at the front of the boat watching nature, hour after hour. … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Our church friends there have offered human, heartfelt care’

23/07/2025 | Reform

Paul Kerensa reflects on fake grief and appreciates heartfelt, human care

I’m writing this two days before my dad’s funeral. That’s the downer. Let’s build back from there.

It’s been a rough season of Dad’s ‘dementia adventure’, as one well-meaning … Read More