Do stay for tea and coffee: Please welcome

28/08/2018 | Reform

A new column from Paul Kerensa

I’ve hung around after enough church services to know you’ll be waiting a long time for hot chocolate. Tea and coffee is standard – maybe a chocolate biscuit if the children haven’t all thieved … Read More

A letter from… Nepal

28/08/2018 | Reform

Krishna, an earthquake survivor, reports from Nepal

I’m 72 and I live in Gorkha, Nepal. My village was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake and since then I have been living in a dilapidated shelter on a steep hillside.

It is … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Who is my neighbour?

28/08/2018 | Reform

Who is my neighbour?

Last year, we had an opportunity which seemed to be a gift from God. We heard through church of a landlord looking for Christians to rent his flat. The rent, though higher than ours, was extremely … Read More

Chapter & verse: 1 John 4:7-12

28/08/2018 | Reform

All you need is love (and some peace and quiet) says Helen Garton

After a long overnight meeting of my church’s mission committee, I was feeling pretty smug for booking myself into the quiet carriage of the train – a … Read More

I am… on employment support allowance

28/08/2018 | Reform

Clair Richards on her experience of being on employment support allowance

I worked in a primary school but then I fell in town and I’ve had sciatica, so have been off work. Six months after I’d fallen, they realised I … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘How could I be so blind?’

28/08/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey opens her eyes to positive things

It feels as if I am drowning in sad news and sad situations at the moment. A 50-year-old person I know has separated from her partner of 15 years. A 20-something year … Read More