Community Project Awards: Lancaster Road Food Hub

06/09/2024 | Reform 2

It is not just food that is being provided by the Lancaster Road Food Hub, Laurence Wareing discovers – it’s the gift of community

‘God doesn’t seem to have a problem with age,’ the Revd Ruth Dewis says. Quite the … Read More

Art in Focus: September 2024

06/09/2024 | Reform

Non-Violence, 1980Carl Fredrik ReuterswärdBronze sculpture

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In this case one sculpture, and its location, says it all. The bronze sculpture, Non-Violence, depicts a 45-calibre revolver with its barrel tied in a knot. … Read More

Editorial: Responding to change

06/09/2024 | Reform

Changes. Shifts. Five years ago, I was dreading the empty nest as our sons went off to university. Now, already, they are back.They have become excellent cooks, making their presence even more enjoyable, but it also takes some readjusting. And … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I’d forgotten that there on my bookshelf are countless words of inspiration’

06/09/2024 | Reform

Lately I’ve spent more money on hospital car parks than I’d like. Yes, we’re in one of those seasons. First came my own kidney issues, then came an ailing parent – entirely unrelated, but such is life. On some days … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I seemed to be the keeper of the family memory’

06/09/2024 | Reform

This summer I have been on rather a special journey down memory lane – all the more special because it was shared. I visited my 89-year-old cousin in Germany. He remembered our first ‘adult’ meeting – I was 17 and … Read More

Soul stories: Jacob Bali

06/09/2024 | Reform

Jacob Bali moves from the Household Cavalry to ministry

The year was 2014, mid-February. It was a typical working day, going through my morning routine in the stables of Hyde Park Barracks as a soldier in the Household Cavalry Mounted … Read More