Here & now: Naomi Baldwin

30/03/2020 | Reform

Naomi Baldwin celebrates the feeling of coming home

Age 24. Sounds all grown up, right? When you’re 16 years old, adulthood feels like – or did to me – a world away yet. From taking your GCSEs (or Scottish equivalents) … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Worship night

30/03/2020 | Reform

Quick, hide the tambourines!

I have been to one or two big event nights run by the ministry charity David’s Tent. The worship is glorious and it is hard not to feel the love of God. I have attended less … Read More

I am… a youth worker

30/03/2020 | Reform

James Willett shares the youth worker’s story

I love my job. Having a job which fulfils me and makes a difference in the lives of others is so important.

Two years ago, God called me from Bedford to Hythe, … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘This is too big a problem for one column’

30/03/2020 | Reform

Paul Kerensa takes a look at introverts and extroverts in church

Too many churches have –troverts in charge, which excludes –troverts like me.’ Can you fill in the gaps?

It’s a quiet schism within the Church. Or is it a … Read More

Voices from the Holy Land: Part three

30/03/2020 | Reform

In 2016, the United Reformed Church agreed to further its work in connection with Israel/Palestine, promoting awareness, prayer and solidarity. As part of this commitment, a team of URC representatives visited Israel and Palestine in autumn 2019. In this series, … Read More

Editorial: Why I scrapped my sermon

25/03/2020 | Reform

As so often in writing editorials for Reform, I find myself on the other side of big events from you. There have been, as I write, 1,395 cases of coronavirus confirmed in the UK, and I have had to change … Read More