A good question: Did Jesus cast out real demons?

29/01/2024 | Reform

One question, four answers

Rebecca Dean‘Demons resist simple definitions’

The Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, all portray Jesus as a healer and miracle worker who is able to cast out unclean or evil spirits and demons. These entities were … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I still find myself talking about “us” and “our” with reference to the present’

29/01/2024 | Reform

Sheila Maxey is finding confidence without being a couple

My daughter Mary, while missing her father very much, confessed to me that she had been unprepared for the sadness she also felt at the loss of the unit called ‘Mum … Read More

Lessons from a small country

29/01/2024 | Reform

Elizabeth Welch discovers what Nauru, one of the world’s smallest countries, has to teach the UK Church

In September, together with my husband and my brother, I paid an amazing visit to the world’s third smallest country, Nauru, one of … Read More

Something new at Number 84

29/01/2024 | Reform 1

An experimental community is taking shape in Redcar, Sue Walker writes

A few years ago, the United Reformed Church’s Northern Synod spent some time mulling over the idea that there’s more than one way of being and doing church. The … Read More

COP28: The end of the Fossil Fuels Era?

29/01/2024 | Reform

The COP28 summit on global warming reached what has been called a historic agreement. Does it signal the end of fossil fuels or is it just more empty rhetoric? asks Hannah Eves

After a tense final two days, on the … Read More

Truth, lies and the thinking Christian

29/01/2024 | Reform 1

Believers need to fight for truth and use their brains, argues Graham Handscomb

Truth-telling is a commodity that is in very short supply nowadays. Everywhere, it seems, people make claims that have little basis in reality. It has become OK … Read More