On the pilgrim way: ‘Everyone was hanging on God’s word’

24/02/2023 | Reform

Sheila Maxey pays an inspiring visit to Taizé

The Taizé Community in France is really for the young. I had not been for ten years, but my daughter, Ruth, wangled us in, out of season, this January. Entering the barn … Read More

Chapter & verse: John 4: 1-42

24/02/2023 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins rethinks Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman

This is a Bible story that I have changed my mind about. Sermons and commentaries I came across generally portrayed this woman as sinful, failing to listen to Jesus, failing to … Read More

All are welcome? Neurodivergence

24/02/2023 | Reform

Managing church with neurodivergence

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. In this column I am speaking to a range of people from around the URC about their experiences of church and what welcome might feel like, for … Read More

A preacher’s life for me

24/02/2023 | Reform

Martin Camroux reflects on 60 years of preaching

One of the great things about being retired is that I am now a hit-and-run preacher. Turn up, preach the sermon and I’m off. Which gives me a certain freedom to say … Read More

Art in focus – March 2023

24/02/2023 | Reform

The Transfiguration,by RaphaelOil tempera on woodNow in the Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museum

For a long period of art history, Raphael’s Transfiguration was considered the greatest painting in the world. It was commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de Medici and was … Read More

Living and breathing in Bethlehem

24/02/2023 | Reform

Rowena Francis reports on a stay in the Holy Land

It was a privilege to be part of the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) for my sabbatical from URC stipendiary ministry. This programme … Read More