A good question: Does the Church have a problem with class?

03/06/2024 | Reform

One question, four answers

Liz Kam‘Our Church is built on middle-class ideals’

As a Church-Related Community Worker (CRCW), my immediate response is to shout, ‘Yes! Obviously!’Class is a complex issue sociologically, culturally and economically. The nuances involved in how we … Read More

Soul stories: Barnabas Shin

03/06/2024 | Reform

Barnabas Shin on working through a crisis of faith

My journey of faith started when my sister led me, a five-year-old boy, to church. Although I was not born into a Christian family, I grew up in a faith community. … Read More

Here & Now: Phoebe Edmonds

03/06/2024 | Reform

Phoebe Edmonds on prayer as protest

’Why don’t you actually do something rather than just praying about it?’

This is what a passer-by shouted to us during the 14-day ‘No Faith in Fossil Fuels’ vigil we held outside parliament in … Read More

Answering the call, rising to the challenge

03/06/2024 | Reform

Monica Carly remembers her father’s call to Jamaica, 76 years ago

The Bible is full of stories about people of faith who received a call from God asking them to take on a task for which they felt inadequate and … Read More

The banality of evil and the grandeur of Christ

29/04/2024 | Reform

Graham Handscomb reflects on the meaning of the cross

When Jesus was arrested, tried and crucified, who abandoned him? Who turned their back? Who chose not to support him?

There are the obvious answers that come quickly to mind. Judas … Read More

Blessed be my Rock

29/04/2024 | Reform

Rick Wakeman’s incredible keyboard playing can be heard on tracks ranging from David Bowie’s Life on Mars to Cat Stevens’ Morning Has Broken, as well as with the band Yes, and on his own countless records. Less well-known is the … Read More