Soul Stories: Jim Gascoigne

25/04/2025 | Reform

Jim Gasgoine remembers a pioneer calling

Perhaps the journey began before I was born. ‘In the womb you knew me,’ wrote the psalmist.

Perhaps it was in the family. My great grandfather, the Revd JG Gascoigne was a Congregational minister. … Read More

On the pilgrim way ‘It was a coming together of a part of the Church which had now dispersed’

25/04/2025 | Reform

Sheila Maxey enjoys a Church reunion

It is 20 months since Brentwood United Reformed Church closed. Last Christmas I received an email from C who, with her husband and son, moved away from Brentwood about two years before the closure. … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘No one has ever written about this extraordinary event’

25/04/2025 | Reform

Paul Kerensa tells the story of Britain’s most-heard prayer

It’s been a year since the centenary of the first appearance by a monarch on radio, in the earliest BBC recording.This’ll be the 101st anniversary then. It’s not exactly a round … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Psalm 23

25/04/2025 | Reform

Stephen Tomkins finds fresh consolation in the best-loved scripture of all

What is there to say about the best-loved scripture of all? One thing is that it is also the most intimate. Other scriptures tell me God is our father … Read More

Songs of Faith: Stephen Newell & Naomi Sharp

25/04/2025 | Reform

Stephen Newell and Naomi Sharp on hymn writing as a team

Good things are coming out of north east Bristol! Stephen Newell, URC minister and guitarist, and Naomi Sharp, Methodist lay worker and musician, are collaborating on ‘New Praise Hymns’. … Read More

Here & now: Lydia Raddings

11/03/2025 | Reform

Lydia Raddings reports on a monumental ecumenical gathering for young people

At the end of January, I and a couple of others from the URC attended an ecumenical gathering of young adults at Dearen Valley Activity Centre near Doncaster. ‘Junction … Read More