Niall Cooper: Blame: a senseless game

24/01/2013 | Reform

As Julia Unwin, director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has written, we face the prospect of a decade of destitution. Food banks are opening across the country, teachers report children coming to school hungry; advice services and local authorities prepare … Read More

Single Mum: Sav’s growing independence

24/01/2013 | Reform

Sav is separating from me. It feels both very bad, some days – and very good. He stays in his room more, stays out longer, stays on the phone, stays with friends. He’s turning into a very tall, mostly quiet, … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Psalm 13: 1

24/01/2013 | Reform

Apparently, February is the most depressing month and the advice is not to take any major decisions. On the bright side, it’s the shortest month. Christians have been famously mocked for always looking on the bright side, so we have … Read More

Sonia Christie – Eco-Gardener: Simplicity, in life and garden

24/01/2013 | Reform

The house was in utter chaos. Ollie was preparing for his band’s first ever gig; Alex was “helping” to ice his birthday cake; Bruce was practising his lines for an amateur dramatics play and Ellie was frantically revising for her … Read More

On the pilgrim way: Tripped up by prejudice

24/01/2013 | Reform

I have been caught out yet again misjudging someone. William called as a winter afternoon was drawing to a close and I groaned inside. William is a 50-something Irishman from East London who, for the past 20 years, has had … Read More

Reviews – February 2013

24/01/2013 | Reform

Good news for church growth

Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present David Goodhew Ashgate Contemporary Ecclesiology £17.99

‘It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that Christianity in Britain is in decline. However, not all universally acknowledged truths are … Read More