The kindness of strangers

28/02/2024 | Reform

Colin Thompson tells the remarkable story of a Jewish girl saved from Czechoslovakia in 1939

My mother, Hertha, celebrated her 100th birthday on 17 July last year. The story of how she came to be in this country at all … Read More

Jesus and… his biographers

28/02/2024 | Reform

Susan Durber on what we learn from four different lives of Jesus

At the heart of Christian faith is the compelling story of Jesus of Nazareth. Christianity is not abstract, but begins with the story of a person….

Susan Durber … Read More

A good question: Christianity: Left? Right?Neutral?

28/02/2024 | Reform

One question, four answers

Peter Knowles‘Identifying faith with party is too easy’

It is wildly obvious to most writers for this magazine, and preachers and prayer writers in our tradition, that Christianity leans to the left….

Peter Knowles is a … Read More

New beginnings for URC Youth

28/02/2024 | Reform

There’s no sitting still for URC Youth, as reports from January’s Youth Assembly make clear

Things are changing for URC Youth Assembly. A new Moderator, Heather Moore…

Laurence Wareing is Content Editor for Reform

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This is an … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Luke 1:26-37

28/02/2024 | Reform

Mark Jason sees our relationship with God modelled by Mary

Our relationship with God often becomes casual and devoid of a sense of true reverence and awe…

Mark Jason is a Methodist minister at Trinity URC Methodist Church in Great … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘A wide-eyed student asked, “Do you know Jesus?” It was a bold opener’

28/02/2024 | Reform

Paul Kerensa is forced to question his belief

Whenever I walk through London with time to spare, I’m inevitably drawn to old buildings, especially old churches…

Paul Kerensa is author of So a Comedian Walks into a Church (DLT) and … Read More