Here & now: Harry Booton

09/06/2025 | Reform

Harry Booton tells the story of the only minister to receive the George Cross

I have always been fascinated by military history, and especially the history of medals and how they are won. Recently, I gave a lecture on ‘Christian … 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

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

Church Life Review: Mission Statement

09/06/2025 | Reform

The Church Life Review Steering Group has agreed a vision, mission and strategy statement for the programme

Vision– that is, the desired future state, our tomorrow.A flourishing Church, less burdened and better enabled.

Mission– that is, what we are doing … 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

Chapter & Verse: Leviticus 23:9-21

09/06/2025 | Reform

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg explains the counting of the weeks

In Big Wood in north London, as I write, the bluebells are out, the wood anemones are flowering beneath the ancient oaks and the garlic has emerged in profusion. In the … Read More