On the pilgrim way: ‘Shetland’s beauty is sheer gift’

01/10/2018 | Reform

Sheila Maxey discovers Shetland’s gifts

We are on the Shetland islands. Our holiday house looks down a voe (small bay/creek) past a little pier, through the gap in the bare hills to further shores or islands. The sun sets in … Read More

Editorial: For everything there is a season

01/10/2018 | Reform

The other Saturday was a good night. I celebrated my 50th birthday with friends and family in the hall of the Ivy House in Nunhead, London’s only cooperatively owned pub. My band played, a friend DJed, various other friends got … Read More

A good question: Has Christianity made the world better?

28/08/2018 | Reform

One question, four answers

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These are extracts from an article that was published in the September 2018 edition of  Reform

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Labour antisemitism? Conservative Islamophobia? What’s going on?

28/08/2018 | Reform

Paul Bickley investigates

In 2012, a graffiti artist painted a mural in Shoreditch, London. It depicts a Monopoly board covered in money, balanced on the backs of workers. According to the artist, the mural reflects on class politics and the … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: Please welcome

28/08/2018 | Reform

A new column from Paul Kerensa

I’ve hung around after enough church services to know you’ll be waiting a long time for hot chocolate. Tea and coffee is standard – maybe a chocolate biscuit if the children haven’t all thieved … Read More

Chapter & verse: 1 John 4:7-12

28/08/2018 | Reform

All you need is love (and some peace and quiet) says Helen Garton

After a long overnight meeting of my church’s mission committee, I was feeling pretty smug for booking myself into the quiet carriage of the train – a … Read More