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

Commitment-Phobe: Who is my neighbour?

28/08/2018 | Reform

Who is my neighbour?

Last year, we had an opportunity which seemed to be a gift from God. We heard through church of a landlord looking for Christians to rent his flat. The rent, though higher than ours, was extremely … Read More

A letter from… Nepal

28/08/2018 | Reform

Krishna, an earthquake survivor, reports from Nepal

I’m 72 and I live in Gorkha, Nepal. My village was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake and since then I have been living in a dilapidated shelter on a steep hillside.

It is … Read More

The World Council of Churches at 70

28/08/2018 | Reform

The World Council of Churches completed its first Assembly 70 years ago this month. Reform writers share their reflections

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is the most comprehensive ecumenical organisation in history. Its inaugural Assembly in Amsterdam, which sat … Read More

My Christian Ramadan

28/08/2018 | Reform

Maggie Hindley spent a month eating nothing during daylight to observe Ramadan with her grandson. The result was a revelation

It’s a bright fresh June morning and it’s Eid. My grandson Muhammad has gone to the mosque for prayers and … Read More