A good question: What’s so important about diversity?

24/06/2022 | Reform

One question, five answers

Anne Lewitt‘It’s a huge gift from God’

I believe God created the diversity that I see in the people around me – and I also believe that it’s a huge gift to be treasured.

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Reviews July/August 2022

24/06/2022 | Reform

Transformed by an atrocity

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In TimeDirected by Robert B. Weide, Dan ArgottCertificate 15Released 22 July (cinemas and digital platforms)

The late Kurt Vonnegut claims that after touching a tree trunk he saw the bombing of Dresden before … Read More

Editorial: In the eyes of a timeless God

24/06/2022 | Reform

Three years ago on this page I wrote about the quiet dread I felt at the imminent prospect of our firstborn going away to university and the dawning era of the empty nest. Now he is completing his degree, and … Read More

The bodies of Christ

28/05/2022 | Reform

Cole Arthur Riley is the creator of the social media account Black Liturgies, which explores spirituality and race. Her first book, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, liberation and the stories that make us, powerfully weaves those reflections with family memoir. It … Read More

Art in Focus – June 2022

28/05/2022 | Reform

Picking OlivesSliman Mansouroil on canvas, 1988

I was balancing in an olive tree, wielding a stick, beating the branches to bring the olives bouncing down onto a large ground sheet. At lunchtime I sat with the Palestinian family round a … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Will this summer see the much fêted return of the fête?’

28/05/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa enjoys the return of the village fête

I wonder if your neck of the woods will be returning to outdoor gatherings of old this summer? No, not that old. Not druids at henges or ye ancient maypole.

I … Read More