A good question: What difference did Pope Francis make?

09/06/2025 | Reform

One question, four answers

Dominic Robinson‘He was a true builder of bridges’

We are not living an era of change but a change of era.’ Francis’s comment in 2015 became a mantra for his papal ministry in a fast-changing world … Read More

Rejoice and Sing, Past and Present

09/06/2025 | Reform

Andrew Satchell, David Jenkins, David Thompson and Stephen Orchard, members of the committee which created Rejoice and Sing in 1991, join with Anne Sardeson and Dominic Grant to discuss the story of the hymnbook

Stephen Tomkins: What memories come to … Read More

Together in the way of the cross

09/06/2025 | Reform

Tessa Henry-Robinson, the new Moderator of the Free Churches Group, reflects on freedom and generosity

The Free Churches Group is a diverse body formed by different histories, shaped by different traditions, yet united by one unwavering truth: that Jesus Christ, … Read More

Art in Focus: Issue 4 – 2025

09/06/2025 | Reform

The Last Judgment, 1536-1541Michelangelo di LodovicoBuonarroti Simoni (Michelangelo)The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Those watching the news in May this year, or the award-winning film Conclave, will have caught a glimpse of the stunning ceiling and walls of the Sistine Chapel. … Read More

The season of creation

09/06/2025 | Reform

How will you mark the season? Roo Stewart gathers great green ideas

Each year, a growing number of URC congregations plan services and activities focused on caring for the environment in the time from 1 September to 4 October, the … Read More

Travelling together

09/06/2025 | Reform

Lindsey Brown reports on an ecumenical dialogue group pilgrimage to Rome

Hurtling at 300km an hour through the Italian countryside, my head was full of the previous 72 hours. We had just begun a 14-hour train journey from Rome to … Read More