My childhood as an alien

24/09/2021 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young’s childhood in a body that felt like an enemy

‘Here comes the minister’s daughter’ to the tune of ‘Here comes the bride’ greeted me every morning for years as I tentatively entered my primary school classroom, dreading the … Read More

A good question: Is Christianity woke?

24/09/2021 | Reform

One question, four answers

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This is an extract from an article published in the October 2021 edition of Reform

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Any earthly use

24/09/2021 | Reform

Can the church make an effective response to climate change? asks Andy Atkins of environmental charity A Rocha UK, in the first of a three-part series

The world is now waking up, belatedly, to the fact that we are in … Read More

Editorial: The voice of disruption

24/09/2021 | Reform

I ended last month’s editorial on the climate crisis with the conclusion that ‘I need to put my history books to one side and take to the streets’.

Saying I’ll do something doesn’t always make it happen, but this time … Read More

Knox’s graven image

24/09/2021 | Reform

Peter Stanford reflects on the statue of Scotland’s iconoclastic reformer

I CAN’T HELP WONDERING what John Knox would make of his lifesize statue standing against the north wall of the nave of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh’s Old Town, sometimes … Read More

Art in Focus – October 2021

24/09/2021 | Reform

RefugeeKate Green, charcoal on paperwww.katecgreen.wordpress.com

She stands quietly, her gaze slightly to one side. Behind her a stormy sky, a smudgy moon and light in the distance, which could be a happier time but could equally be the livid light … Read More