How lovely on the mountains

29/04/2024 | Reform

Stephen Thornton looks back on 60 years of ministry and mountains

When I was a child at a Congregational church in Bradford, the main service was in the evening, with an afternoon Sunday school for children and adults. But they … Read More

Singing a new song

29/04/2024 | Reform

Peter Ranscombe reports on the innovative thinking behind the Church of Scotland’s new hymnbook

With its distinctive purple cover and its broad range of songs, the fourth edition of the Church Hymnary – or CH4 to its friends – has … Read More

Mod’s plod

29/04/2024 | Reform

Over Holy Week, Geoff Felton, Moderator of the URC Mersey Synod, led a pilgrimage of prayer across the Synod. Some congregations along the route joined parts of the walk, while others offered refreshments. What follows is Geoff’s daily log

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Jesus and… the environment

26/03/2024 | Reform

A series on what we have to learn from and about Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Rosalind Selby on the environment

I have come across a number of efforts to show just how much Jesus cared about … Read More

When your body won’t behave itself

26/03/2024 | Reform

Lee Battle reflects on living with an unpredictable body

My name is Lee Battle, and I am a minister in Wales and my body just won’t behave itself….

Lee Battle is interim minister of Portprennau Community Church

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Personal saviour?

26/03/2024 | Reform

Trevor Jamison asks why Mary Magdalene did not – and then did – recognise the risen Jesus

What prevented Mary Magdalene from recognising Jesus on the first Easter morning, when, the Gospel of John tells us, she took him for … Read More