Mod’s plod

29/04/2024 | Reform

Over Holy Week, Geoff Felton, Moderator of the URC Mersey Synod, led a pilgrimage of prayer across the Synod. Some congregations along the route joined parts of the walk, while others offered refreshments. What follows is Geoff’s daily log

Day … Read More

A good question: What makes a church thrive?

29/04/2024 | Reform 1

One question, four answers

Jane Bower‘Accept change for the better, even when it hurts’

Thriving is more than existing or growing – for anything to thrive, it needs to be nourished, kept healthy, stimulated, and sparking with imagination, ideas and … Read More

Jesus and… peace

29/04/2024 | Reform

A series on what we have to learn from and about Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, John Cooper on peace

Before 26-year-old Henry was tied to a barbed wire fence for 28 days, did he think his … Read More

Editorial: Can you grow the tree all over again?

29/04/2024 | Reform

This month Richard Dawkins has been getting all over the news pages – including Reform’s (page 7) – by calling himself a ‘cultural Christian’. It’s something he’s said before, and he’s not alone. How many people are there in the … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I was going to set up The Mus – a museum of halves.’

29/04/2024 | Reform

Paul Kerensa has half a mind to open a museum

I had an idea about 20 years ago. I’ve never mentioned it to anyone. It was a business plan but I have never and will never capitalise on it. I … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Can we discover the meaning of experiences many years later?’

29/04/2024 | Reform

It’s never too late to give thanks, Sheila Maxey finds

I can’t get T S Eliot’s words ‘We had the experience but we missed the meaning’ (Four Quartets: ‘The Dry Salvages’ III) out of my mind just now. My mind … Read More