Editorial: A journey of discovery

20/09/2022 | Reform

As we put the finishing touches to this month’s Reform, we are also finishing work on my new book, That That All May Be One: The story of the United Reformed Church. I mention that partly out of self-promotion and … Read More

Accountable to sky and soil

20/09/2022 | Reform

David Coleman explores our response in time of crisis

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these … Read More

Refugees in the manse

20/09/2022 | Reform

Nadene Snyman opened the door to a Ukrainian family

We spent hours discussing whether to offer space in our house to a Ukrainian family. There felt like so many unknowns and uncertainties.

I’m the minister at Christ Church United Reformed … Read More

Here & now: Jake Penny

20/09/2022 | Reform

It’s not easy being ‘between churches’, says Jake Penny

I’m ‘between churches’, as the euphemism goes. As much as I would love to be involved in a church community I could write about, since I moved for university there have … Read More

Reviews September 2022

20/09/2022 | Reform

Hiding from deportation

Where Is Anne FrankDirected by Ari FolmanCertificate PG, 99 minutesReleased 12 August

Amsterdam, about a year from now. Inside the Anne Frank House, Anne’s imaginary pen-friend Kitty (voiced by Ruby Stokes) materialises out of the ink from … Read More

Refugee Tales

20/09/2022 | Reform

Tom Hackett walks with asylum seekers

As I approached the quiet village of Merstham in Surrey, normally disturbed only by the sound of the M25, I expected to hear more of a crowd. I was there for the start of … Read More