Knox’s graven image

24/09/2021 | Reform

Peter Stanford reflects on the statue of Scotland’s iconoclastic reformer

I CAN’T HELP WONDERING what John Knox would make of his lifesize statue standing against the north wall of the nave of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh’s Old Town, sometimes … Read More

Reviews – October 2021

24/09/2021 | Reform

State-sanctioned killing

Getting Away With Murder(s)Directed by David Nicholas WilkinsonCertificate 15, 175 minutesReleased 1 October

The industrial extermination of the Holocaust included most infamously some six million Jews but also smaller numbers of other groups including Poles, gay men, the … Read More

Celebrating 50 together

24/09/2021 | Reform

The United Reformed Church celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. Francis Brienen and Andy Jackson, Convenors of the anniversary planning group, look ahead

No one thought in 1972 that the URC would reach its silver jubilee, let alone golden. It … Read More

Here and Now: Jo Harris

24/09/2021 | Reform

Jo Harris celebrates the healing power of music

I am a music student, hoping to one day help those battling mental health, through music, one step at a time. You might be wondering how I might want to do this. … Read More

I am… a survivor of conversion therapy

24/09/2021 | Reform

A survivor of conversion therapy looks back

I grew up in a small village west of Edinburgh during the 80s and 90s. Knowing from a very early age that I was lesbian meant that I harboured a constant, painful secret. … Read More

Any earthly use

24/09/2021 | Reform

Can the church make an effective response to climate change? asks Andy Atkins of environmental charity A Rocha UK, in the first of a three-part series

The world is now waking up, belatedly, to the fact that we are in … Read More