Editorial: The stuff I can’t keep

29/01/2025 | Reform

I hadn’t realised that bereavement can come in stages. Because my mum had had Alzheimer’s disease for some years before she died last summer we had already lost a lot of her.

She was still herself, but when … Read More

Sharing services

29/01/2025 | Reform

How can the work of local churches be made more manageable? Myles Dunnett gives an update on the Church Life Review

How could a URC-wide shared services portal work? That was the question addressed by the latest event in … Read More

Me and Jesus and Trump

29/01/2025 | Reform

A faith that can respond to the news needs to be more than individual,argues Donald W Norwood

President Donald Trump is a Christian! Some readers might challenge the statement; his supporters in America take it for granted. No one … Read More

Here & now: Heather Moore

29/01/2025 | Reform

Heather Moore rejoices in the role of Youth Moderator

Five years ago, I attended my first Youth Assembly. I didn’t know it at the time, but that event and the people behind it would grow to be one of … Read More

Songs of Faith: Susan McCoan

29/01/2025 | Reform

Susan McCoan shares a hymn of discipleship

You may recognise Susan McCoan’s name as the co-editor of the current URC Prayer Handbook, or from her contributions to the URC’s Daily Devotions Sunday Worship. Did you know she also writes … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Matthew 16: 2-23

29/01/2025 | Reform

Graham McGeoch sees the signs of the times. Plus Bible study questions

As you read this, I will be in Harare, Zimbabwe, for the Council for World Mission’s DARE Global Forum. ‘DARE’ is short for ‘Discernment and Radical Engagement’: … Read More