Here & now: Jay Tynan

Jay Tynan finds her extended family

My journey with exploring my faith is one that I have not shared with many people.

I had grown up in a majority Atheist family, and only ever gone to church with my grandparents. … Read More

Art in Focus: Issue 3 – 2025

The Queen’s Window,Westminster AbbeyDavid Hockney, 2018

In 2018, London’s Westminster Abbey was looking to commission a stained-glass window to commemorate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. They chose David Hockney. Hockney is now considered one of the most influential British … Read More

Editorial: Planting seeds

I have been planting seeds for the first time in years. My wife grows beautiful flowers that make our garden a paradise, but I figure there are a few gaps between them and on the kitchen sill for something a … Read More

On the pilgrim way ‘It was a coming together of a part of the Church which had now dispersed’

Sheila Maxey enjoys a Church reunion

It is 20 months since Brentwood United Reformed Church closed. Last Christmas I received an email from C who, with her husband and son, moved away from Brentwood about two years before the closure. … Read More