Editorial

• Making Connections

Covers

• Front cover image :  Tapestry of woodpecker in fruit tree by William Morris
• Back cover image :  Gorton Upper Reservoir, Debdale Park, Manchester. Photo by Karel Hladsky

Articles

• Secularism by Keith Porteous Wood
• Building Bridges not Walls in a Diverse World by Derek McAuley
• Sunday Assembly by Pippa Evans
• Positively Faithful by Michael Wright

Poetry

• Berry Head Hotel by David Perman
• Orestes by Kathleen McPhilemy

Reviews

• David Paterson reviews Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible through Palestinian Eyes by Mitri Raheb
• Michael Morton reviews Francis of Rome – Francis of Assisi: A New Springtime for the Church by Leonardo Boff
• Dominic Kirkham reviews The Serpent’s Promise: The Bible Retold as Science by Steve Jones
• John Pearson reviews Ally Pally Prison Camp by Maggie Butt
• Film: Cicely Herbert reviews Belle directed by Amma Asante

Regulars and Occasionals

• SOF Sermon by Ronald Pearse
• Letters
• SOF Sift by Bob Booth
• As I Please. John Pearson visits Holy Island