I am… a foodbank user

22/09/2017 | Reform

Using a foodbank for the first time at 58

The first time I went to a foodbank was about 18 months ago. I was working in a sub post office, as a manager, on a very low wage. I was … Read More

Jumble sales of the apocalypse: Macho Christianity

22/09/2017 | Reform

Simon Jenkins on macho Christianity

It was Bible study evening with the Plymouth Brethren, and all of us were sitting in a big circle on hard chairs, a King James Bible open on every lap. I was there with a … Read More

How to find funds and make diamonds

22/09/2017 | Reform

Are you putting off an outreach project for lack of funds? You don’t have to, says Sam Healey

We had been playing Trivial Pursuit for several hours. My next-door neighbour and I had collected all of the coloured segments and … Read More

Editorial: Guitar hero

22/09/2017 | Reform

I was at Greenbelt festival this August bank holiday, and, amid all the music, talks and cornucopia of knitted fruit, the moment that stays with me most is a small one.

There is a music venue at Greenbelt called the … Read More

Reviews – October 2017

22/09/2017 | Reform

How to spread the Gospel

 

Spiritual and Religious: The Gospel in an age of paganism Tom Wright SPCK £9.99 ISBN: 9780281072842

 

Christians in our society struggle to know how to challenge the prevailing … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Memory is a precious but unreliable gift’

22/09/2017 | Reform

Sheila Maxey on the gift of memory

Memories can be such a rich pleasure but also a ball and chain. A friend of mine feels that she cannot take certain steps in her life because her husband (dead for nearly … Read More