Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘If a nice sandwich or a hairstyle are “amazing”, where do we go for what’s truly amazing?’

28/04/2023 | Reform

Chatting with my mum recently, it turns out she’s got an amazing bugbear: the word ‘amazing’. It’s overused, she said. Everywhere on television, radio and in magazines nowadays, we’re all finding everything ‘amazing’.

Soon after, a friend said he turns … Read More

Priests and dairy farmers: God’s A-Team

28/04/2023 | Reform

Lessons from the Reformation point the way for outreach and ministry

It’s a common conversation at all levels of the United Reformed Church’s life. How do we balance ministry and outreach with the maintenance of congregations and buildings? How will … Read More

Art in focus – May 2023

28/04/2023 | Reform

Keiskamma GuernicaKeiskamma Art Project, 2010

A young doctor arrives in an Eastern Cape village in South Africa. She is appalled at the extreme poverty and deprivation all around her. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is raging, affecting both men and women, and … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘It was a life-giving journey. I felt free’

28/04/2023 | Reform

Sheila Maxey enjoys a life-giving solo journey

Recently I travelled by train to visit my favourite cousin in Germany and then my daughter, Mary, in the Netherlands. It was such a life-giving journey. I felt so free – just me … Read More

Editorial: From the Editor?

28/04/2023 | Reform

As a society, we are constantly evolving and adapting to the changing times. With this evolution comes the need for reform, both in our personal lives and in the systems that govern us.

This is particularly true in the realm … Read More

Curiously wrought

28/04/2023 | Reform

Nicholas Spencer’s book Magisteria: The entangled histories of science and religion debunks many myths about the relationship between that old couple. As well as an author, he is Senior Fellow at the Christian thinktank Theos

Was there a moment when … Read More