I am… transgender

01/10/2018 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young confronts medical injustice as a trans person

People think that it is easy, popular even, to be trans today. That hasn’t been my experience and isn’t the experience of many trans people I know.

Just weeks ago, I … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: Praying godparents

01/10/2018 | Reform

You get all sorts in churches. They’ll let anyone in – thank God. And we do thank God, for that freedom, though we do that thanking in a variety of ways – sitting, kneeling, standing arms raised. You never know … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Shetland’s beauty is sheer gift’

01/10/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey discovers Shetland’s gifts

We are on the Shetland islands. Our holiday house looks down a voe (small bay/creek) past a little pier, through the gap in the bare hills to further shores or islands. The sun sets in … 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

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