Vital signs

25/10/2024 | Reform

How to grow a healthy, whole-life disciple-making church culture, by Ken Benjamin of LICC

As a church leader, I always knew disciple-making was essential, but I also found it tricky. Discipleship is hard to prioritise and establish as part of … Read More

The Church of Scotland: Edge of catastrophe

25/10/2024 | Reform

The Church statistician Martin Camroux looks at the parlous state of the Kirk

At first sight, the Church of Scotland still looks impressive. It worships in the great churches of Scotland, the General Assembly has at least some of its … Read More

Community Project Awards: Dursley tabernacle food hub

25/10/2024 | Reform

Pineapples don’t solve everything, Stephen Tomkins discovers. But they’re a start

The wealth of community projects happening at Dursley Tabernacle in Gloucestershire might never have started if it wasn’t for the Covid lockdown. Before the pandemic, the local Marks and … Read More

Skills for People

25/10/2024 | Reform

Reform joins the 40th anniversary celebrations of an organisation enabling people with disabilities to change their lives and their world

Skills for People, which supports disabled people and their families in improving their lives, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. … Read More

Here and now: Florence Wright

25/10/2024 | Reform

Love your MP, says Florence Wright

You might not think of yourself as political, but it is likely you care about political issues. Many of us feel disempowered because the world of politics seems inaccessible, unchangeable, polarised and angry. Maybe … Read More

Songs of Faith: Heather Whyte

25/10/2024 | Reform

Heather Whyte takes a quantum leap

Never underestimate the power of a good Sunday school teacher! Thanks to an inspiring and fun teacher, Heather Whyte, whose parents attended the Church of Scotland only quarterly for communion, found in church a … Read More