What becomes of the broken-parted

02/11/2021 | Reform

An award-winning church in Lancashire is helping people mend not just their ways but their things. Laurence Wareing reports

Andy Littlejohns is staring at the Japanese geisha in front of him. She’s in more pieces than she should be, he … Read More

Kelp is at hand

02/11/2021 | Reform

Andy Atkins of A Rocha UK considers nature-based solutions for climate change

The UK government, which will host the critical UN climate negotiations in Glasgow this month, has chosen ‘nature-based solutions’ as one of its five priorities. This is significant. … Read More

It’s my funeral

02/11/2021 | Reform

Or is it? Donald Norwood argues for mutual respect in the complexities of farewells

Is it only mine? ‘No man is an island,’ said John Donne, adding, ‘Every man’s death diminishes me’. Often it is only at a funeral that … Read More

Churches and COP26

05/10/2021 | Reform

With less than a month until COP26, what can churches best do to address the climate crisis? Asks Andy Atkins of A Rocha UK

In less than one month’s time, the UK plays host and chair to one of the … Read More

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

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