Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Giant Jesi

29/06/2015 | Reform

One night in 1977, US televangelist Oral Roberts had a dream about Jesus. The Lord commanded him to build a world-class hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and, as a sweetener, promised to let Roberts in on the cure for cancer. So … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: On holiday with God

26/05/2015 | Reform

Where do you go to church when you’re on holiday? Several years ago, my evangelical auntie, asking what I would be doing on my impending beach holiday, told me tartly: “You may be going on holiday, but you can never … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: When prayer goes wrong

24/04/2015 | Reform

“This building is prayer conditioned,” reads the sign outside Ryde Methodist Church, on the Isle of Wight. “God answers knee-mail,” says the sign recommending Vinings United Methodist in Atlanta, Georgia. What is it about prayer (and church signs) that makes … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: A parable and raging hormones

27/03/2015 | Reform

I was in synagogue the other day, marvelling at a reading from the Book of Genesis. It’s not that I’m Jewish, it’s just that my dad has been the Gentile organist at a Reform synagogue, sabbath by sabbath, for the … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Tips for jesus

24/02/2015 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on tips for Jesus

It was a $4 milkshake – the Oreo Blaster. I’ve never had one myself, but apparently it does serious damage, because at 930 calories it takes four hours to walk off. On this occasion, … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: OMG!

23/01/2015 | Reform

Simon Jenkins gives a brief history of OMG

Something curious happened on the Disney Channel website just before Christmas. Lilly Anderson, a girl from a good Christian family in North Carolina, visited the website on her 10th birthday and came … Read More