On the pilgrim way: ‘I weep when I wake early in the morning’

28/11/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey bids farewell to her husband Kees

Kees died on 19 October, and it was a good death, even a wonderful death. I sat with him one evening with my coffee and a good book. He seemed, as usual, … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘The Advent calendar-makers have spotted a window of opportunity’

28/11/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa looks behind the Advent calendar door

Advent calendar this year? Chocolate or biblical pictures? Or gin or smellies? Oh yes, the calendar-makers have spotted a window of opportunity. Some say their days are numbered – but it looks … Read More

Chapter & verse: Matthew 14:16

01/11/2022 | Reform

Emmanuel Frimpong on the feeding of the five thousand

Hunger can cause people to act in strange ways. This concept was depicted in Esau’s behaviour when his hunger caused him to sell his birth-right to his younger brother Jacob.

In … Read More

All are welcome? Singleness & asexuality

01/11/2022 | Reform

In a new column Alex Clare-Young speaks to a range of people from around the URC about their experiences of church and what welcome might feel like, for them

I wonder what feeling genuinely welcome means to you. In this … Read More

Here & now Reuben Watt

01/11/2022 | Reform

Reuben Watt finds a vision of the Church in Tallinn

I was lucky enough, recently, to officiate at the first ever Tallinn Open Women’s tennis event in Estonia. I had never been to Estonia but, for some reason, it was … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘All my life I have seen myself as a giver’

01/11/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey says accepting kindness can be hard

The Bible says ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’ but I am currently in the position of receiving rather than giving. That is my spiritual challenge.

Since Kees became … Read More