Green and Gold

12/12/2023 | Reform

How Clitheroe URC won the highest award for care of creation

This year, Clitheroe United Reformed Church became the fourth church in the URC and the 35th in all England and Wales to win the Eco Church Gold Award.

Its … Read More

Art in Focus: December 2023

12/12/2023 | Reform

Flight into EgyptWalter Ritchie, 1919–1997Brick relief sculpture

‘Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod.’

For how many Christmases have we heard those words, … Read More

Reviews December 2023/January 2024

12/12/2023 | Reform

The cycle of life

SamsaraDirected by Lois PatiñoCertificate U, 113 minutesReleased 26 January

Broadly speaking, this film is in three parts. The first takes place in Laos, in east Asia, where the predominant religion is Buddhism. The second is the … Read More

Jesus and… Incarnation

12/12/2023 | Reform

A series on what we have to learn from and about Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Hannah Fytche on ‘the Word made flesh’

Near where I live there’s a perfect spot from which to watch for kingfishers. … Read More

Change is coming up

30/10/2023 | Reform

Anthony Reddie became Oxford University’s first ever Professor of Black Theology in September. Next year, he will provide anti-racist training to every minister in the United Reformed Church, as part of its commitment to becoming an anti-racist Church. Reform spoke … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Luke 1:26-38

30/10/2023 | Reform

Nicola Robinson on Mary

Throughout my childhood, Mary was a prominent figure in my church, in my home, in my school. As a child, I loved listening to stories from the Bible. I learnt four key facts about Mary: an … Read More