Isaac Watts at 350

29/01/2025 | Reform

Joan McGavin looks at how the hymnwriter’s place of birth marked his 350th throughout last year

Last year was the 350th anniversary of the birth of Isaac Watts in Southampton, and a number of events, long in the planning, took … 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 ever … 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’: a … Read More

300 years of worship in Chesham

29/01/2025 | Reform

Heather Al-Jawad looks back with thanks

The 17th century had seen a lot of changes in religious life in England. The Church of England had established its supremacy in the country, but Nonconformists, who did not hold with the monarch … 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 hymns?

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On the pilgrim way: ‘Like a kindly earworm, I heard, “The light shines in the darkness”’

29/01/2025 | Reform

I made a resolution at Christmas time – not waiting for the new year. I decided that I would try with renewed effort to find the signs of light and life, and hope lying around me and in the wider … Read More