Bacon sandwich, chocolate biscuits and us

29/05/2020 | Reform

Kath Sharman reflects on faith amid difficult family life

I wasn’t prepared for the phone call from Dad on that bright and breezy morning in March, asking where Mum was. At one time, I would have had a flippant answer … Read More

Chapter & Verse: 2 Corinthians 1:3

29/05/2020 | Reform

John Proctor revisits the wisdom of 2 Corinthians

I worked for several months of my ministerial training on the Second Letter to the Corinthians. Not the easiest book of the Bible, it has stayed with me across the decades and … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Locked in

29/05/2020 | Reform

Navigating self discovery in lockdown

I am writing this in early May, after seven weeks of lockdown in the UK. But by the time you are reading this, lockdown may be over and social distancing will be easing. Or not. … Read More

Here and now: David Turner

29/05/2020 | Reform

David Turner on the return of nature

Step outside into the world. Close your eyes and reflect on what you hear. Would you usually be hearing traffic, people on phones, the buzzing of electricity lines? And instead, can you now … Read More

I am… back on the medical frontline

29/05/2020 | Reform

Susan Salt returns to medicine after ministry

In March 2019, after a 30-year career in medicine, I resigned from my post in palliative medicine. I voluntarily removed my name from the General Medical Council’s register and was ordained deacon in … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Am I wasting time?’

29/05/2020 | Reform

I am writing this in late April and find myself, not surprisingly, thinking about time. I was brought up with quite a puritanical approach to time: it had to be used well. We offered our talents and our time to … Read More