A good question: Can protest be wrong

25/10/2024 | Reform

One question, four answers

Kevin Snyman‘In Jesus I discern when protest is right or wrong’

Protest seems far easier to criminalise than to support. I’ll list four examples.

One: from 31 October 2024, a law comes into force permitting ‘buffer … Read More

Songs of Faith: Heather Whyte

25/10/2024 | Reform

Heather Whyte takes a quantum leap

Never underestimate the power of a good Sunday school teacher! Thanks to an inspiring and fun teacher, Heather Whyte, whose parents attended the Church of Scotland only quarterly for communion, found in church a … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘At a Not Going Out recording, Miranda asked if I’d write for her radio sitcom’

25/10/2024 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on writing Miranda

Watching Sarah Hadland on Strictly Come Dancing lately has brought back what-I-call ‘such fun’ memories of working on Miranda.

The BBC sitcom was part of my life for a decade, from its Radio 2 origins … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘What, in my old age, constitutes ‘works’?’

25/10/2024 | Reform

Listening works for Sheila Maxey

The letter of James famously states that faith without works is barren. I have been wondering what, in my old age and with declining energy, constitutes ‘works’.

I had an email from my 89-year-old German … Read More

The Church of Scotland: Edge of catastrophe

25/10/2024 | Reform

The Church statistician Martin Camroux looks at the parlous state of the Kirk

At first sight, the Church of Scotland still looks impressive. It worships in the great churches of Scotland, the General Assembly has at least some of its … Read More

Here and now: Florence Wright

25/10/2024 | Reform

Love your MP, says Florence Wright

You might not think of yourself as political, but it is likely you care about political issues. Many of us feel disempowered because the world of politics seems inaccessible, unchangeable, polarised and angry. Maybe … Read More