Editorial: Planting seeds

25/04/2025 | Reform

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

Give my Spirit Voice

25/04/2025 | Reform

As the URC celebrates 35 years of Rejoice and Sing, Stephen Tomkins hears from David Thompson the story of creating the hymnbook at the heart of the Church

The idea of producing a hymnbook for the United Reformed Church was … Read More

Travel in Hope

25/04/2025 | Reform

In February, representatives of different Churches and nations visited the Holy Land, responding to a call for solidarity. Here, some of those who took part report and reflect

Kevin SnymanURC Programme Officer for Global Justice and Partnerships

At the end … Read More

A good question: Why should Christians read the Old Testament?

25/04/2025 | Reform

One question, four answers

Diana Paulding‘It is a really, really good story’

Far too often, I have sat through a service in which the Old Testament is completely ignored. For many it is seen as too messy, too complex, too … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Psalm 23

25/04/2025 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins finds fresh consolation in the best-loved scripture of all

What is there to say about the best-loved scripture of all? One thing is that it is also the most intimate. Other scriptures tell me God is our father … Read More

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

25/04/2025 | Reform

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