Community-minded: How to transform a community

20/02/2013 | Reform 2

Sometimes we find we have reached the same point as someone else, but from a different starting point and with very different motives. When that happens, we can journey along in fruitful partnership for a while, though always aware that … Read More

Single Mum: Stories I never told

20/02/2013 | Reform

I have been writing Single Mum for more than two years now; in fact, from before I was ordained. I can hardly believe how the time has hurried by. Saville, my son, was 14 when I started – and now … Read More

Faith in action: Sister Elizabeth Pio

24/01/2013 | Reform 1

Sister Elizabeth Pio, nun at the Sisters of Bethany convent in Southsea, Portsmouth

The fact that I’m a Christian is down to sheer curiosity. About 10 years ago I just got curious as to why people went to church and … Read More

Niall Cooper: Blame: a senseless game

24/01/2013 | Reform

As Julia Unwin, director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has written, we face the prospect of a decade of destitution. Food banks are opening across the country, teachers report children coming to school hungry; advice services and local authorities prepare … Read More

Single Mum: Sav’s growing independence

24/01/2013 | Reform

Sav is separating from me. It feels both very bad, some days – and very good. He stays in his room more, stays out longer, stays on the phone, stays with friends. He’s turning into a very tall, mostly quiet, … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Psalm 13: 1

24/01/2013 | Reform

Apparently, February is the most depressing month and the advice is not to take any major decisions. On the bright side, it’s the shortest month. Christians have been famously mocked for always looking on the bright side, so we have … Read More