en reviews editor John Woods speaks to Michael Reeves. Reeves oversees the work of Union School of Theology, and teaches in the areas of systematic and historical theology and also on preaching and spiritual formation. He is a local church minister, Director of the European Theologians Network, and speaks and teaches regularly worldwide. Previously he has been Head of Theology for student organisation UCCF and an Associate Minster at All Souls, Langham Place. He is married to Bethan and they have two daughters.
JW: What do you do when you are not preaching, teaching or writing?
MR: Primarily I’m reading. I am either studying, or I am doing reading for my own pleasure. I find the reading for my own pleasure contributes to further thinking about the world and how we relate to it. It often opens up insights. I enjoy reading theology when I am working and a lot of history, where the culture is at, some fiction but not loads.
Is your preaching merely teaching?
I need to be challenged, regularly. And so do you. At least, that’s what the Bible tells me.There are …