Reform February 2012
Interview »
“People used to say, oh Fairtrade is for a nice little niche, blah blah. We never accepted that”
Features »
Civil partnershipsThe February issue of REFORM (printed version) contained an error in a news story entitled “Update on civil partnership legislation”. The piece said …
Hazel Southam discovers how an orphanage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is helping its young charges to keep hope and happiness alive
Janet Lees assesses what came out of the United Reformed Churchís recently-concluded, three-year initiative to encourage local church renewal
After a year where there has been endless talk of social breakdown and a loss of values in modern Britain, Enid Robson begins 2012 …
Carol Andrews asks whether ideas of ‘radical welcome’ in the church will be enough to embrace one of the most marginalised groups of people …
David WT Brattston examines the thinking of some of the first Christians, about what meaningful unity might entail
Elizabeth Welch hails the forthcoming joint Anglican/United Reformed Church service at Westminster Abbey, and considers its significance for future cooperation between the two denominations
“Action in 2020 will be too late to keep the global temperature rise below the safe limit of 2oC”
Columnists »
‘If anyone had told that congregation five years ago they should be hosting community activities seven days a week – they would have been …
‘There are some basic rules, which help keep us in community’
‘If you fancy growing your own onions then this month is an ideal time to get started, either from seed or later in the …
‘Panic overwhelms me. I’m just a country boy, and want the green fields back home’
‘I weep at the prospect of my friends’ deaths, but they do not – they seem to be too busy’
‘Lent calls upon us to strip away all those things which not only distract us from God, but all those things which separate us …
‘The UK is more unequal now than at any time for at least the past 50 years’
Editorial »
‘One trusts the cuts that finally come will leave intact the rights of URC employees to enjoy appropriate pay and conditions in performing their jobs. Too many workers around the world, including millions of farmers in developing countries, do not enjoy such basic rights’
Reflection »
‘Basil of Caesarea insistd that the produce of the earth was intended for all’
Poetry »
“And now we will have silence,” she says, eyes smiling.
Willingly, I acquiesce, loving the silence now notion.
But where is the Other in my clamouring …
Reform February 2012