On the pilgrim way: ‘I was a bit startled to find Rowan was dealing with the seven deadly sins’

26/03/2024 | Reform

Sheila Maxey grapples with the seven deadly sins

For the past few years, Lent, as a time of deeper prayer and self-examination, has largely passed me by but I decided that this year I would try to pay attention to … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ’Given I only buy one every decade or so, I won’t see this change of packaging till the 2030s

26/03/2024 | Reform

Paul Kerensa gets involved in some sticky business

If you saw the sticky business surrounding Lyle’s Golden Syrup changing its ‘Christian’ logo, you may have thought, as I did: ‘What Christian logo?’…

Paul Kerensa is on tour around the country. … Read More

Chapter and Verse: Luke 1:26-37

28/02/2024 | Reform

Mark Jason sees our relationship with God modelled by Mary

Our relationship with God often becomes casual and devoid of a sense of true reverence and awe…

Mark Jason is a Methodist minister at Trinity URC Methodist Church in Great … Read More

Here & now: Annie Sharples

28/02/2024 | Reform

Annie Sharples says collaboration is the way to combat injustice

Last October, I camped in the NEC in Birmingham with 1,300 young people, 400 leaders and over 200 volunteers for the annual Methodist Youth Assembly, ‘3Generate’. Yes – camping…

Annie … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘It seems such a trivial disability when I think of others who are in their 80s’

28/02/2024 | Reform

Sheila Maxey is missing her knitting

I am currently disabled. Not that you would notice….

Sheila Maxey is a member of Ingatestone United Reformed Church, Essex

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This is an extract from an article published in the March … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘A wide-eyed student asked, “Do you know Jesus?” It was a bold opener’

28/02/2024 | Reform

Paul Kerensa is forced to question his belief

Whenever I walk through London with time to spare, I’m inevitably drawn to old buildings, especially old churches…

Paul Kerensa is author of So a Comedian Walks into a Church (DLT) and … Read More