Commitment-Phobe: A break from church-shopping

27/06/2014 | Reform

I think I am going to take a break from church-shopping. I have been going to church for almost a year now and it has made me realise that I enjoy communion with others; that singing and dancing help me … Read More

Niall Cooper: Hunger: It’s time to act

27/06/2014 | Reform

No one should go hungry. It’s time to act

Whilst the wealth of the richest in society continues to soar, millions of families are continuing to fall further below the breadline. In May last year, Church Action on Poverty’s “Walking … Read More

Jumble Sales of the apocalypse: Meeting an idol

27/06/2014 | Reform

Simon Jenkins meets an idol

I got into a bit of a tangle with worship recently. A friend who works on Stephen Fry’s QI (BBC Two) invited me to join the studio audience for a recording, and, in the green … Read More

Let us not pray

27/06/2014 | Reform

What’s so great about not going to church? After 50 years without missing a Sunday, Ian Gregory conducted an experiment in bunking off

William Inge, the dean of St Paul’s, said: “One of the lasting pleasures in life is that … Read More

A kind of sleepwalking

27/06/2014 | Reform

How much of your time is spent truly awake? Judy Hirst sounds the alarm

We all wake up in the morning in different ways. I often holiday with two friends I have known since childhood. They are impossibly early risers, … Read More

Changed inside

27/06/2014 | Reform

A prisoner who got a chance to change, Kieran describes how his life was turned around

I got arrested for dealing drugs. I was sentenced to prison for two years and nine months for possession of cannabis with intent to … Read More