Art in Focus – June 2022

28/05/2022 | Reform

Picking OlivesSliman Mansouroil on canvas, 1988

I was balancing in an olive tree, wielding a stick, beating the branches to bring the olives bouncing down onto a large ground sheet. At lunchtime I sat with the Palestinian family round a … Read More

A good question: How do we make peace?

27/04/2022 | Reform

One question, four answers

John Cooper‘Peace is a team effort’

As I write, the conflict in Ukraine continues. Images flash up day after day of bombs and hurt and pain. Individuals share painful stories of loss and death. It feels … Read More

Editorial: There’s something about Mary

27/04/2022 | Reform

The month of May is particularly associated with Mary the mother of Jesus in Catholicism. Not that there are too many months that aren’t associated with Mary in Catholicism.

The first of January is the solemnity of Mary, marking the … Read More

Here & now: Sophie Dorling

27/04/2022 | Reform

Sophie Dorling says goodbye to her old church

Dear Wimborne URC,Thank you for your many years of service, it has been an absolute pleasure.Your four walls have seen a lot over the years: christenings, blessings, weddings and funerals, not to … Read More

The churches that make us: Yourchurch

27/04/2022 | Reform

A series on the breadth of church life in the URC. This month, Lawrence Heath-Moore introduces a congregation that exists only online

Yourchurch is a congregation that lives and meets online, with weekly services on Sunday at 6.30pm. It is … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 11:1-18

27/04/2022 | Reform

John Campbell on breaking out of the box

This book is called ‘The Acts of the Apostles’, but it soon becomes clear when reading it that the apostles only act when driven, cajoled, shaken and stirred by the Spirit. Justo … Read More