The churches that make us: Oakshaw Trinity

01/11/2022 | Reform

A series covering the breadth of church life in the United Reformed Church. This month, Reform visits Paisley

Climb the tower of Oakshaw Trinity Church in Paisley and you find yourself at the highest point of the entire town. If … Read More

All are welcome? Singleness & asexuality

01/11/2022 | Reform

In a new column Alex Clare-Young speaks to a range of people from around the URC about their experiences of church and what welcome might feel like, for them

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. In this … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 14:16

01/11/2022 | Reform

Emmanuel Frimpong on the feeding of the five thousand

Hunger can cause people to act in strange ways. This concept was depicted in Esau’s behaviour when his hunger caused him to sell his birth-right to his younger brother Jacob.

In … Read More

Here & now Reuben Watt

01/11/2022 | Reform

Reuben Watt finds a vision of the Church in Tallinn

I was lucky enough, recently, to officiate at the first ever Tallinn Open Women’s tennis event in Estonia. I had never been to Estonia but, for some reason, it was … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘That may be the last time half the planet listen to one voice at one time’

01/11/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on the sermon with the biggest audience

Imagine delivering a sermon to half the planet. This has only ever happened once, and it happened just a couple of months ago.

The state funeral of Elizabeth II was of … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘All my life I have seen myself as a giver’

01/11/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey says accepting kindness can be hard

The Bible says ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ but I am currently in the position of receiving rather than giving. That is my spiritual challenge.

Since Kees became … Read More