I have grown an old man’s skin

01/10/2018 | Reform

A poem by Stewart Henderson

I have grown an old man’s skin and it is good and fortunate and impermanent. Lined now with stories, main features, and repeats; a creased and creviced parchment that will soon be rolled up and … Read More

Riot in the temple

01/10/2018 | Reform

Why would a Christian festival host Russia’s most notorious troublemakers? Stephen Tomkins finds out

On 21 February 2012, members of the punk protest group Pussy Riot staged a shocking demonstration in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. Wearing … Read More

Interview: Who was the real Paul?

01/10/2018 | Reform

The New Testament Scholar NT Wright talks to Stephen Tomkins

NT Wright, known as Tom, is an influential and prolific writer on the New Testament, particularly on Paul. Estimates on the number of books he has written vary, but there … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: Praying godparents

01/10/2018 | Reform

You get all sorts in churches. They’ll let anyone in – thank God. And we do thank God, for that freedom, though we do that thanking in a variety of ways – sitting, kneeling, standing arms raised. You never know … Read More

I am… transgender

01/10/2018 | Reform

Alex Clare-Young confronts medical injustice as a trans person

People think that it is easy, popular even, to be trans today. That hasn’t been my experience and isn’t the experience of many trans people I know.

Just weeks ago, I … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Bad neighbour, part two

01/10/2018 | Reform

Trouble with my neighbour, part two

How do you pray for someone when what you really want to do is punch them in the face? This is the obstacle that my husband and I have had to face throughout this … Read More