Here & now: Jo Parker

21/02/2020 | Reform

Jo Parker gives a Quaker’s-eye view of the United Reformed Church Youth Assembly

This January, I was a Quaker representative at the United Reformed Church Youth Assembly in Whitemoor Lakes, Staffordshire. I and another Quaker were part of a … Read More

I am… a street preacher

21/02/2020 | Reform

A street preacher’s story by Maurice Omorojie

Increasing preoccupations with science, technology and humanism have resulted in a societal shift from belief in a supreme being to belief in serendipity and mischance. With this comes a backlash against Christianity. … Read More

Commitment-Phobe: Why fast?

21/02/2020 | Reform

I need to understand the purpose of Lent to model it to my daughter

I have been feeling really challenged by Lent this year, and, in particular, fasting. What is it all about? And why do we do it … Read More

Chapter and verse: Luke 15:11-32

21/02/2020 | Reform

Stuart Dew on the value of proactive forgiveness

I asked ten people what the word ‘prodigal’ brought to mind. Nine said the story of the prodigal son. And most of them are not churchgoers.

‘Prodigal’ is a … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘He sings as he never has before’

21/02/2020 | Reform

On a dark, damp, late January day, I briefly nipped into the garden to feed the birds. I noticed, to my surprise, that the garden was full of new growth – green spikes of daffodils poking through, gorgeous Lenten … Read More

Voices from the Holy Land: Part two

21/02/2020 | Reform

Last autumn, representatives of the United Reformed Church visited Israel and Palestine, with an aim to promote awareness, prayer and solidarity. Charissa King shares stories from some of the people they met

Nael Abu Rahmoun Nazareth

I … Read More