Balancing full plates: Ministry and wellbeing in pandemic times

27/04/2022 | Reform

In the third of a series of articles on maintaining good mental health, Laurence Wareing asks how it has been for ministers during the pandemic – and what now?

One of the things that might be said, but rarely is, … Read More

What we gonna do for Zimbabwe?

27/04/2022 | Reform

The needs of Zimbabwe have only become greater since Kevin Snyman trekked across the country in the 1980s

I remember the last time I visited Zimbabwe. It was 1988, and I was travelling in a gorgeously restored 1975 Land Rover … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘We gravitate towards numbered lists. The Ten Commandments is still the most famous part of the Bible.’

27/04/2022 | Reform

If this article was on BuzzFeed, the home of internet lightweight clickbait, it would be entitled: ‘10 Reasons the Ten Commandments is the Original Biblical Listicle’. Even if it didn’t quite live up to the headline.

If you’re not familiar … Read More

Reviews May 2022

27/04/2022 | Reform

Glum heroes

BenedictionDirected by Terence DaviesCertificate 12a, 137 minutesReleased 20 May

Films about poets are few; however, the director Terence Davies has now made two in a row as different as their historical subjects. The earlier A Quiet Passion (Reform, … Read More

Ministry of the words

27/04/2022 | Reform

Tony Collins has published 1,400 books working for Hodder and Stoughton, Lion Hudson, SPCK and others. The Heavenly Man, the story of the Chinese Church leader Brother Yun, sold millions. Other decisions, he tells Reform, have been rather less impressive. … Read More

Painting our map green

27/04/2022 | Reform

The United Reformed Church has reached a milestone of environmental sustainability. It’s a good start, says Rob Weston

Every regional synod in the United Reformed Church has now signed up to the eco synod award scheme. The URC is only … Read More