A String of Empty Tombs

29/02/2016 | Reform

Resurrection is for life, not just for Easter, says Ronald Rolheiser

Spring and Easter: a conspiracy between nature and religion, creation and redemption, to make newness, to thaw things out, to rejuvenate and re-virginise, to make sunshine, to warm frozen … Read More

David Bowie: The uncomfortable icon

29/02/2016 | Reform

Andrew Francis looks back on the genius and spirituality of David Bowie

In 1990, I was among a small group of BBC Religious Programmes Editors gathered to interview David Bowie. We were contractually bound to secrecy, unable to tell our … Read More

Pew challenge

29/02/2016 | Reform

How can we make the best use of church furniture? Reform’s panel shares creative ideas

We use it most of the time we’re in church, but rarely think about it. Is church furniture just somewhere to park yourself, something that … Read More

On the pilgrim way: “Why can’t I just be simply thankful?”

29/02/2016 | Reform

Sheila Maxey asks why it is hard to be thankful for good health

I am surprised – even a little shocked – that I am finding it difficult to be unreservedly thankful when I have every reason to be so. … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Learning to worship

23/02/2016 | Reform

Learning the rules of worship

After becoming a Christian, I joined a church where I had been doing an Alpha course. On that course we sang a hymn each week, so those of us who were not culturally Christian could … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Revelation 21: 1-5

23/02/2016 | Reform

Lawrence Moore decodes the politics of the Apocalypse

What is your theology of nuclear holocaust? By which I mean: do you think God is going to “use” nukes to end human history by destroying the world?

In 1976, I won … Read More