On the pilgrim way: ‘What gives me hope? It’s a difficult question’

26/06/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey considers what gives her hope

I have always found change exciting, even liberating. The beginning of a new school year, going to a new place on holiday, changing jobs, even moving furniture around during a spring cleaning surge. … Read More

Hand over the controls

19/06/2018 | Reform

To see truth, says Richard Rohr, we have to hand over the controls to our imagination

The contemplative mind does not tell us what to see, but teaches us how to see what we behold. Contemplation allows us to see … Read More

Jesus in the trenches

29/05/2018 | Reform

Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, aka Woodbine Willie, first published his reflections from the trenches 100 years ago. In this edited extract, he questions the Almighty

Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy was a British chaplain in the First World War. He earned the nickname … Read More

A good question: Is Britain unwelcoming?

29/05/2018 | Reform

One question, four answers

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I am… a Windrush generation immigrant

29/05/2018 | Reform

Catherine Ross on being part of the Windrush generation

I am a black Caribbean, born on the sunny island of St Kitts in 1951. I left my island home at seven years old to settle in England, and was one … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 2:42 

29/05/2018 | Reform

Susan Durber asks: what is an apostolic church?

I keep coming across that verse from Acts 2, and the passage that follows, about the early Church. My own congregation, with our local Methodist church, has been reading Holy Habits by … Read More