Reviews December 2022 / January 2023

28/11/2022 | Reform

Compelling mythology

Son of the White MareDirected by Marcell JankovicsCertificate 12, 86 minutesReleased on 4K Blu-ray

This 40-year-old animated film deserves to be better known. It recalls two perennial favourites. One is Fantasia (1940), where the idea of classical music liberated … Read More

Supervision is a freedom

28/11/2022 | Reform

Lucy Berry celebrates the United Reformed Church’s new supervision for every minister

In July 2020 the United Reformed Church made a decision that would send ripples through the whole denomination. It stated that all active URC ministers would be expected … Read More

Here & now: Diana Paulding

28/11/2022 | Reform

Diana Paulding on standing in solidarity in South Africa

I had the privilege in October 2022 of visiting South Africa with Christian Aid, supported by Commitment for Life. Christian Aid no longer runs a country programme in South Africa. Our … Read More

A good question: Did Jesus and Paul preach the same Gospel?

28/11/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

ROSALIND SELBY‘They speak to different contexts’

Yes. No. Maybe. It depends on the context.

This isn’t very helpful, so let me try and unpack it.

Gospel (literally ‘good news’) is first used to proclaim God’s saving … Read More

Premier Christianity

28/11/2022 | Reform

Mark Vickers, Catholic priest and author of God in Number 10: The personal faith of the prime ministers, from Balfour to Blair talks to Reform

God in Number 10 covers the diversity of the religious faith of the 19 prime … Read More

All are welcome? Poverty

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I can’t afford the church collection

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. In this column I am speaking to a range of people from around the United Reformed Church about their experiences of church and what welcome … Read More