Commitment-Phobe: Back to church

26/03/2021 | Reform

I have mixed feelings about returning to church

By the time you read this, all being well, I will have attended my first service since March 2020. My church plans to begin in-person services from Palm Sunday, moving towards livestreaming … Read More

Chapter & verse: John 20:1-18

26/03/2021 | Reform

Helen Garton reflects on one of the most beautiful stories in scripture

The resurrection story of Mary Magdalene bumping into Jesus in the garden, where he had been buried, is one of the most beautiful stories in our scriptures. It … Read More

A meal for everyone

26/03/2021 | Reform

Kieran Bohan tells the story of a movement for welcome

We never intended to be a nationwide network. Although there are now 17 ecumenical communities making up the Open Table Network, we started as one group in Liverpool, affiliated to … Read More

Life vs death

26/03/2021 | Reform

Experience tells us that death overwhelms life in the end. Easter tells us something different, says Chris Baillie

During this coronavirus pandemic, people around the world have felt overwhelmed. It is in the nature of death to overwhelm, and it … Read More

A good question: What was Jesus’s message?

26/03/2021 | Reform

One question, four answers

These are extracts from an article published in the April 2021 edition of Reform

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Interview: A humbler Church

26/03/2021 | Reform

The new Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, talks to Stephen Tomkins

Stephen Cottrell recalls the time a barista at Caffè Nero in Paddington Station asked him why he became a priest. She suggested that while religion seemed a mere hobby … Read More