A good question: Where is America now?

27/11/2024 | Reform

One question, four answers

Karen Georgia Thompson‘The call to follow Jesus invites risk’

The aftermath of the presidential elections in the United States left a mixture of emotions and responses to the election of former President Donald Trump as the … Read More

The Changed Heart of the General Secretary

27/11/2024 | Reform

Victoria Turner considers Bernard Thorogood and the restructuring of the Council for World Mission

There are big benefits to studying recent history. You can see, very clearly, the present-day consequences of the decisions made in the time that you’re studying. … Read More

Dispatches from CRE

27/11/2024 | Reform

The URC once again took a stall to the Christian Resources Exhibition in October. Andy Jackson, the URC’s Head of Communications, reports – and asks other exhibitors for their thoughts

In the mid-1990s, the United Reformed Church’s presence at the … Read More

Living Reconciliation

27/11/2024 | Reform

Jenny Mills introduces a programme to help churches live with difference

Differences in outlook, understanding and convictions are a normal part of church life. They can give rise to conflict and tension, and these are a normal part of church … Read More

Editorial: A spanner in the Christmas Story

27/11/2024 | Reform

Donald Trump or merry Christmas? Which would you prefer to write an editorial about?

So picture the scene: a baby in a wooden cradle. Moodily lit, joyful parents. Reverent visitors, with gifts ranging from the fluffy to the glittering. Angels, … Read More

Art in Focus: December 2024/January 2025

27/11/2024 | Reform

Adoration of the ShepherdsTempera on wood, between1650 and 1700Ivan Honchar Museum, Ukraine

The artist is unknown, but the scene is very familiar. The young mother Mary, looking up to heaven. The older Joseph, standing guard. The tiny baby, swaddled in … Read More