Worship with Dementia

31/08/2021 | Reform

People with dementia and age-related disabilities are coming together in an award-winning worship activity in Shrewsbury. Stephen Tomkins reports

At Messy Vintage, it is not always clear who is helping out and who has come to take part in the … Read More

Closing churches: A message from the ancestors

31/08/2021 | Reform

John Ellis asks what our spiritual forebears would think about our response to the pandemic

One activity that grew during lockdown was criticising historical figures for their choices. With effortless moral superiority, we condemn their complicity in behaviours we would … Read More

Not if, but when

31/08/2021 | Reform

Why we need to make plans for the end of our life, by Sue Walker

I thought I knew my husband of 33 years quite well. Because I want to be cremated when I die, I assumed that he too … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Mask anxiety

31/08/2021 | Reform

Church is giving me mask anxiety

The weekend after ‘Freedom Day’ removed Covid regulations in England and Wales, I was due to lead worship. On the Tuesday, I asked our vicar how we would be doing things now. He said … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I’ve grown used to my own space’

31/08/2021 | Reform

Don’t stand so close to me, says Paul Kerensa

Forget January… September is new New Year.

It’s back to school – and with echoes of home school not yet faded, oh my, will it be back! Could this be the … Read More

Editorial: Putting the history books to one side

31/08/2021 | Reform

What does it say about me, that when anything huge happens on a national or international scale, I think about it in terms of what questions kids will have to answer about it in the history exams of the future? … Read More