Commitment-Phobe: First class

24/10/2014 | Reform

“I need a programme which will end with me
 saying: ‘I am a Christian. Here is my certificate’”

Having decided to move on from atheism, Commitment-Phobe is on a search for God

The Alpha course is for people with questions … Read More

On the pilgrim way: “Marriage – what a bold commitment!”

24/10/2014 | Reform

Sheila Maxey attends a thought-provoking wedding ceremony

It is a long time since I was a guest at a traditional English wedding. Our own children have not had traditional weddings: One daughter was married in blue and walked down the … Read More

Editorial: My mistake

24/10/2014 | Reform

Gosh! Unexpectedly, I, S.T., make an admission of error (2,7)

This month, Reform celebrates the return of an old friend: The crossword is back, permanently. It had recently reappeared and started bobbing around unpredictably, but it will be in every … Read More

Skin Conditioned

25/09/2014 | Reform

It’s the colour of privilege and power, so what makes white the hardest colour for white people to see? Michael Jagessar and John Campbell call for a guerrilla war of the mind against imperial theology

For hundreds of years, one … Read More

Interview: Saturday night and Sunday morning

25/09/2014 | Reform

Les Isaac, founder of Street Pastors, talks to Stephen Tomkins

On any given weekend night, amid fights and drunken accidents, there are 2,000 street pastors in the towns and cities of Britain, picking up the pieces. Altogether they are a … Read More

Introducing… Julian of Norwich

25/09/2014 | Reform

In this occasional feature, a contemporary writer introduces a classic thinker.
 This month: David Cornick on Julian of Norwich

Transparency, equality and ecology are amongst the preoccupations of our time; it is because she speaks to each of them that … Read More