Stars in the sky

01/12/2020 | Reform

How a British social worker came to be known as the father of a million Chinese children

Robert Glover had long felt a calling to China. Working as a social worker in Norfolk, then Guernsey, he imagined becoming an evangelist … Read More

A good question: Which Christmas carol says it all for you?

01/12/2020 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article published in the December 2020 / January 2021 edition of Reform

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Chapter & verse: Isaiah 61:10-62:3

01/12/2020 | Reform

Peter Cruchley on why Isaiah reminds him of footballer Marcus Rashford

Let’s explore these words from Isaiah alongside the words of the English footballer Marcus Rashford, who wrote – on 2 November, in an open letter to his ten-year-old self: … Read More

Community stories: Rosie Buxton

01/12/2020 | Reform

Continuing a series hearing from Church-Related Community Workers, Rosie Buxton tells the story of creating financial inclusion in Huddersfield

Church-related community work (CRCW) is about meeting people in whatever their situation and enabling networks to develop. Church-Related Community Workers are … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Is this meeting a new kind of witness?’

01/12/2020 | Reform

Sheila Maxey finds hope before lockdown

There is nothing like something new to cheer me up as I begin to face the fact that we might be in this Covid-19 world for a long, long time. In early October, we … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: “I’ll be home for Christmas,” so the song goes. Won’t we all?’

01/12/2020 | Reform

Paul Kerensa shares Covid-safe Christmas ideas

A couple of months ago in this column, I asked for your outside-the-box ideas to light up this bleak midwinter. If we can’t sing in church, if the Rule of Six-Geese-a-Laying means no big … Read More