A life in fair trade

01/03/2021 | Reform

Louise Mabbs looks back on 40 years promoting fair trade

As a teenager in the 1970s, I attended an interdenominational youth fellowship in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, led by Rod and Pauline Higham. Wirksworth was a politically and socially active community, and … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 11:29

01/03/2021 | Reform

John Swinton commends doing small things with great love

Mother Theresa once observed: ‘In this life, we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love.’ Doing small things with great love is to allow our … Read More

Art in Focus – February 2021

26/02/2021 | Reform

Traditional Bihar designsBaby Sharma, natural dyes and pigments

Baby Sharma is painting a design traditional to the Madhubani or Mithila region of Bihar, India. These paintings – done by hand, using natural dyes and pigments – mostly depict deities from … Read More

How we get along

29/01/2021 | Reform

What unites us, what divides us, and how to build friendship? Ed Kessler presents the findings of a major report into diversity in the UK

It is common to read in the media that our increasingly diverse society – particularly … 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

A good question: How will churches look after the pandemic?

29/01/2021 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article published in the February 2021 edition of Reform

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