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

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

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

Here & now: Dan Morrell

26/03/2021 | Reform

Dan Morrell sings the praises of secular music

Several years ago, the Church pounced on the news that Stormzy (pictured) had released a song, ‘Blinded by Your Grace Pt 2’, talking very openly about his own faith and arguably … 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

Art in Focus – April 2021

26/03/2021 | Reform

Cross We BearSokari Douglas-Camp, steel, glass, acetate, 90s air

The brilliance of art is that one image can convey multiple meanings, and keep on delivering new insights the longer you live with it. In 1999, sculptor Sokari Douglas-Camp made … Read More