I recently reread CS Lewis’s 1952 classic Mere Christianity. Unpacking the already aged term ‘Christian charity’, Lewis says loving my neighbour is a much broader obligation than financial giving; but giving is one thing it inescapably entails. How much should I give? He is not dogmatic, but says, ‘If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small.’…

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This is an extract from an article published in the Issue 2 – 2025 edition of Reform

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