Here & now: Naomi Baldwin

02/06/2023 | Reform

Naomi Campbell sheds light on our life’s image

I was recently on a trip to Dublin, and while visiting the National Gallery of Ireland saw Caravaggio’s The Taking of Christ. My credentials as an artist of paint are not strong; … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘We are discovering the pleasure of giving’

02/06/2023 | Reform

Sheila Maxey prepares for closing time

I am proud of my little local church because it is managing to be fully alive while it prepares carefully and thoughtfully for closure on 8 July. We have four elders, three of them … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘One day these AI programmes might scan everything I’ve ever written and decide if I’m friend or foe’

02/06/2023 | Reform

Paul Kerensa takes on the bots

From text to pictures, and to moving pictures, artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. You may have ignored it until now, but you can’t ignore it for long.

If you’ve not used an AI chatbot … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘If a nice sandwich or a hairstyle are “amazing”, where do we go for what’s truly amazing?’

28/04/2023 | Reform

Chatting with my mum recently, it turns out she’s got an amazing bugbear: the word ‘amazing’. It’s overused, she said. Everywhere on television, radio and in magazines nowadays, we’re all finding everything ‘amazing’.

Soon after, a friend said he turns … Read More

Chapter & verse: Luke 4: 16-19

28/04/2023 | Reform

Jooseop Keum finds Christ in the margins

The incarnation of Jesus took place among the people at the margins. Jesus was not born in a palace, but a manger, a ragged cowshed, an open and unprotected place. They never expected … Read More

Here and now: Laura Everard

28/04/2023 | Reform

Laura Everard urges a rethink on collective prayer

Over the last year I have been a part of the United Reformed Church Youth Executive. We have been thinking about how we incorporate faith into our gatherings, and more specifically into … Read More