Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image

Reform Magazine | December 25, 2024

Scroll to top

Top

November 2018 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Reform Magazine

On God’s refrigerator

30/10/2018 |

Melba Pattillo Beals was one of the ‘Little Rock Nine’ – the first group of black students to integrate into Little Rock Central High School, Arkansas, in 1957. The students faced violence and were escorted by paratroopers. Here, she recalls … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Noisy answered prayer

30/10/2018 |

Trouble with my neighbour, part three

I don’t get on with my neighbour. My neighbour does not get on with me. Life goes on.

Most of the time it does not matter. When I am not too busy or too … Read More

I am… in prison

30/10/2018 |

A Allen reports from prison

Contrary to what tabloids would have you believe, prison is no holiday camp. It is a volatile mixing pot where all manner of criminals are confined in close quarters. Frequently, the situation erupts.

This sentence … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 13:51-52

30/10/2018 |

Fiona Thomas on what makes a good scribe

I once had a classmate who left school to join the civil service. At the time, I didn’t know what that meant. Civil servants are sometimes the silent, invisible people who get … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: The ten micro commandments

30/10/2018 |

Paul Kerensa devises ten micro commandments for new church visitors

In our church, look heavenward and you’ll see three huge, stone slabs. One inscribed with the Ten Commandments, one with the Beatitudes and one with the Lord’s Prayer. It’s a … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Grief has cut us to the heart’

30/10/2018 |

Sheila Maxey grieves a terrible family tragedy

On 28 August, our 24-year-old granddaughter, Ciara, took her own life. It was a deliberate act, not a cry for help.

Our son, Peter, had long been separated from Donna, Ciara’s mother, and … Read More