Spacious church

29/01/2021 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young asks why many people feel more welcome at online church

Psalm 18 says that God ‘brought me out into a spacious place; God rescued me because God delighted in me’. Online church is, for many, a spacious place. … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Church busyness

29/01/2021 | Reform

I’m relieved church doors have closed

I have something to confess. I feel a relief that my church has taken the decision to not reopen after Christmas. I feel terribly guilty about this but, in all honesty, I am not … Read More

Chapter & verse: John 2:1-12

29/01/2021 | Reform

John Bradbury considers what a wedding party tells us about God’s kingdom

It seems perverse to invite you to contemplate a vast wedding celebration just now. I’m writing this in the middle of a lockdown, when large gatherings of friends … Read More

Interview: Plastic rap

29/01/2021 | Reform

Miriam Turner, Co-Chief Executive of Friends of the Earth, talks to Stephen Tomkins

Friends of the Earth’s first ever campaign action was to return thousands of empty bottles to the London headquarters of Cadbury Schweppes in 1971, to promote reuse. … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘We scatter God’s word, seeds of hope’

29/01/2021 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on broadcasting, from the roaring 20s to the 2020s

My lockdown project last year wasn’t sourdough or jigsaws (try a sourdough jigsaw – the crumbs are very difficult to put back together again.) It was researching the origins … Read More

I am… an essential worker

29/01/2021 | Reform

Norman Setchell on the value of being a meal delivery driver

In the years that followed my retirement from full-time ministry, like most clergy drawing their pension, I looked for something to occupy my time that would be of use … Read More