A meal for everyone

26/03/2021 | Reform

Kieran Bohan tells the story of a movement for welcome

We never intended to be a nationwide network. Although there are now 17 ecumenical communities making up the Open Table Network, we started as one group in Liverpool, affiliated … Read More

I am… a healthcare chaplain

26/03/2021 | Reform

Catherine Lewis-Smith on hospital chaplaincy during the pandemic

I vividly remember the first weeks of the pandemic response in my hospital. Returning from a week of leave, I found myself the only chaplain on duty. Several of my colleagues … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Back to church

26/03/2021 | Reform

I have mixed feelings about returning to church

By the time you read this, all being well, I will have attended my first service since March 2020. My church plans to begin in-person services from Palm Sunday, moving towards … Read More

Interview: A humbler Church

26/03/2021 | Reform

The new Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, talks to Stephen Tomkins

Stephen Cottrell recalls the time a barista at Caffè Nero in Paddington Station asked him why he became a priest. She suggested that while religion seemed a mere … Read More

Reviews – April 2021

26/03/2021 | Reform

Spiritual wickedness

The DissidentDirected by Bryan FogelCertificate 12 (Amazon advisory), 119 minutesReleased on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and Ireland from 1 April 2021

On 2 October 2018, the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi … Read More

Editorial: Sceptics can be true followers

26/03/2021 | Reform

There’s an odd little story at the beginning of John’s Gospel, where a fellow called Nathanael hears about Jesus of Nazereth and makes a rude comment about the town. When they meet, Jesus drily commends Nathanael’s honesty.

‘What?’ … Read More