December 2013/January 2014 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Reform Magazine
Simon Jenkins: Do animals go to heaven?
21/11/2013 | ReformDo animals go to heaven? Will there be mewing and woofing on the streets of the New Jerusalem? Are dogs not just for Christmas, nor life, but for eternity? Theologians have only occasionally bothered their planet-sized brains about this weighty … Read More
A new road for Rome
21/11/2013 | ReformThe radical changes of Pope Francis’ first nine months, by Paul Vallely
It is nowhere near a year since Pope Francis took office, but already he looks set to be a great reforming Pope.
There is more to this than … Read More
What is the Bible for?
21/11/2013 | ReformA reflection by Ann Conway-Jones
To linger in the mind These words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart
and pass down the generations You shall teach them diligently to your children
Howls of … Read More
Commitment-Phobe: A bad church day
21/11/2013 | ReformHaving decided to move on from atheism, Commitment-Phobe is touring churches of all denominations to see if she can find God
With any journey of discovery you get ups and downs, obstacles to overcome. And I have hit mine, sooner than … Read More
Chapter & verse: John 1: 14
21/11/2013 | ReformWe’ve got too used to the Gospel. “The Word became flesh” sounds like an ordinary kind of phrase to our ears – nouns and a verb; a beginning and an end; a description of something that happened. We find it … Read More
Editorial: Hope and transformation
21/11/2013 | ReformFor such well-loved stories, the nativities written by Matthew and Luke would have a very hard time at a creative writing class.
Where’s the dialogue, for a start? Matthew: You don’t give a single word to Mary or Joseph. Luke: Only … Read More
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