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 … 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 … 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 … Read More

Songs of Faith: Stephen Newell & Naomi Sharp

25/04/2025 | Reform

Stephen Newell and Naomi Sharp on hymn writing as a team

Good things are coming out of north east Bristol! Stephen Newell, URC minister and guitarist, and Naomi Sharp, Methodist lay worker and musician, are collaborating on ‘New Praise … 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 … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘No one has ever written about this extraordinary event’

25/04/2025 | Reform

Paul Kerensa tells the story of Britain’s most-heard prayer

It’s been a year since the centenary of the first appearance by a monarch on radio, in the earliest BBC recording.This’ll be the 101st anniversary then. It’s not exactly a … Read More