Art in Focus – December 2020 / January 2021

26/01/2021 | Reform

Adorazione del Bambino (Adoration of the Christ Child)Geritt van Honthorst, oil on canvas

The Dutch painter Geritt, or Gerard, van Honthorst was also known as Gherardo delle Notti (Gerard of the nights) for his fascination with light in the darkness. … Read More

Stars in the sky

01/12/2020 | Reform

How a British social worker came to be known as the father of a million Chinese children

Robert Glover had long felt a calling to China. Working as a social worker in Norfolk, then Guernsey, he imagined becoming an evangelist … Read More

God is dead. Long live God

01/12/2020 | Reform

Belief in God is dying in the west, says Martin Camroux, but the mystery of God is inescapable

Can’t you hear those little bells tinkling? Down on your knees! They’re bringing the sacraments to a dying God,’ wrote the German … Read More

Community stories: Rosie Buxton

01/12/2020 | Reform

Continuing a series hearing from Church-Related Community Workers, Rosie Buxton tells the story of creating financial inclusion in Huddersfield

Church-related community work (CRCW) is about meeting people in whatever their situation and enabling networks to develop. Church-Related Community Workers are … Read More

Chapter & verse: Isaiah 61:10-62:3

01/12/2020 | Reform

Peter Cruchley on why Isaiah reminds him of footballer Marcus Rashford

Let’s explore these words from Isaiah alongside the words of the English footballer Marcus Rashford, who wrote – on 2 November, in an open letter to his ten-year-old self: … Read More

Here & now: Naomi Baldwin

01/12/2020 | Reform

Let’s find a new now, says Naomi Baldwin

I have, saved on my phone, a quote I come back to time and time again. It’s one of those annoying motivational ones with a blurred image of something completely irrelevant in … Read More