Community stories: Jo Patterson

29/01/2021 | Reform

Continuing a series hearing from Church-Related Community Workers, Jo Patterson tells the story of integrating a church and community centre in Peckham, London

I had been going to the United Reformed Church in Orpington, Kent, for 13 years when … Read More

Spacious church

29/01/2021 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young asks why many people feel more welcome at online church

Psalm 18 says that God ‘brought me out into a spacious place; God rescued me because God delighted in me’. Online church is, for many, a spacious … Read More

A place to feed

25/01/2021 | Reform

How churches can support parents and carers feeding infants, by Sam Richards

Is it OK to feed my baby here? Will anyone be offended? Will I be asked to stop or move? Should I just leave? Many parents and … Read More

A good question: Which Christmas carol says it all for you?

01/12/2020 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article published in the December 2020 / January 2021 edition of Reform

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Stars in the sky

01/12/2020 | Reform

How a British social worker came to be known as the father of a million Chinese children

Robert Glover had long felt a calling to China. Working as a social worker in Norfolk, then Guernsey, he imagined becoming an … Read More

God is dead. Long live God

01/12/2020 | Reform

Belief in God is dying in the west, says Martin Camroux, but the mystery of God is inescapable

Can’t you hear those little bells tinkling? Down on your knees! They’re bringing the sacraments to a dying God,’ wrote the … Read More