A good question: What difference did Pope Francis make?

09/06/2025 | Reform

One question, four answers

Dominic Robinson‘He was a true builder of bridges’

We are not living an era of change but a change of era.’ Francis’s comment in 2015 became a mantra for his papal ministry in a fast-changing world … Read More

The Road to Patagonia

09/06/2025 | Reform

Directed by Matty HannonCertificate 1590 minutesReleased 27 June

In his mid-20s, former ecology student and keen surfer Matty Hannon returns to Melbourne, Australia. For five years, from age 21 to 26, he has lived alongside one of Indonesia’s Sumatran Island … Read More

Art in Focus: Issue 4 – 2025

09/06/2025 | Reform

The Last Judgment, 1536-1541Michelangelo di LodovicoBuonarroti Simoni (Michelangelo)The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Those watching the news in May this year, or the award-winning film Conclave, will have caught a glimpse of the stunning ceiling and walls of the Sistine Chapel. … Read More

Editorial: Catholicism

09/06/2025 | Reform

There’s a lot of Catholicism in this issue of Reform. The old Pope, the new Pope, a bishop, a priest, a visit to Rome, the Sistine Chapel. Not as much RC as URC, but getting there.

Where, if you are … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Who says children‘s books are for children‘

09/06/2025 | Reform

I’ve been on a mini book tour. The books aren’t mini – although they are for mini people – the tour is.

And before you say this is just a thinly disguised plug for my new books… well, there’s nothing … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I want to describe that joyful weekend but perhaps it is beyond words’

09/06/2025 | Reform

Sheila Maxey tries to put joy into words

I had the privilege of leading worship on Easter Sunday this year – I must have done so countless times over the past 40 years. There are great hymns to sing and … Read More