Soul stories: Sian Joyner

02/10/2024 | Reform

Sian Joyner sees disability differently

As I stand under shelter, waiting for a friend for a coffee date, the voice wakes me from a daydream. I think about lecturing them on the figurative nature of the healing stories; I think … Read More

Crazy or God? Do it and see

02/10/2024 | Reform

Roy Crowne is looking for Gospel entrepreneurs

Around 2000, when I was National Director of Youth for Christ, I was walking around Alton Towers one day and I thought, I wonder if we could put a Christian experience here? Crazy … Read More

A good question: What is our hope?

02/10/2024 | Reform

One question, four answers

Louise Franklin‘They said, the Christians die with a light in their eyes.’

Every day I am nearer to death than I was yesterday. And I am more confident now than I was when I was converted … Read More

Editorial: Imitation food and other news

02/10/2024 | Reform

Attention, unusually important information is buried in these usually whimsical musings.

Imitation food has been a growth industry in recent years. Veggie sausages, oat milk, vegan mince, plant-based bacon. It is an indication of how many of us these days … Read More

When the dream becomes reality

02/10/2024 | Reform

The URC’s presence at Greenbelt Festival 2024 – with the theme of ‘Dream On’ – was the culmination of months of preparation, bringing to life ideas of how the Church can keep dreaming, growing and reaching out to the world … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘The suggestion that God takes risks all the time startled me and appealed to me’

02/10/2024 | Reform

‘Precarious’ is a troubling kind of word. I think of a rickety step ladder, or the worrying state of someone’s health, or the position of many a local church. Yet two books I have recently read have used the word … Read More