Chapter & verse: Genesis 16:11

20/09/2022 | Reform

Tessa Henry-Robinson explores Hagar’s fear and misery

I am advancing a womanist biblical treatment of Genesis 16:11, considering Hagar’s move from enslaved woman, to surrogate mother, to exile, which God’s angel refers to as Hagar’s ‘misery’. This suggests to me … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Remember those lockdown services where the minister would be the only one in church? This was the opposite.’

20/09/2022 | Reform 1

Paul Kerensa on the first church broadcast

It’s a big year for anniversaries. The URC celebrates its fiftieth this autumn, soon before the BBC turns one hundred.

2022 marks the centenary of not just Auntie Beeb, but British broadcasting as … Read More

What is the Russian Church thinking?

20/09/2022 | Reform

Why does the Russian Orthodox Church seem so uncritically behind Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Meic Pearse explains

The willingness of the Russian Orthodox Church to back Putin’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine is rightly shocking to most Westerners. Kirill, Patriarch … Read More

Glimpsing the Spirit Midwife

24/06/2022 | Reform

Fiona Bennett, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly for 2022 to 2023 and Minister of Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, talks to Laurence Wareing

How would you describe your early life and influences?I grew up in Aberdeen in a … Read More

The churches that make us: Downing Place, Cambridge

24/06/2022 | Reform

Jane Bower tells a story of grief and joyful rebirth in Cambridge

I sit in the airy sanctuary of Downing Place United Reformed Church in the centre of Cambridge, light pouring through tall arched windows, beautiful light oak flooring and … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘As many nonconformists together as you can shake a bishop’s crozier at’

24/06/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa gets together in Nailsworth

In my day job as a stand-up (well, evening job), I tour the land doing comedy shows for churches – which this week led me to the delightful Cotswold town of Nailsworth. Winding down … Read More