Any earthly use

24/09/2021 | Reform

Can the church make an effective response to climate change? asks Andy Atkins of environmental charity A Rocha UK, in the first of a three-part series

The world is now waking up, belatedly, to the fact that we are in … Read More

Knox’s graven image

24/09/2021 | Reform

Peter Stanford reflects on the statue of Scotland’s iconoclastic reformer

I CAN’T HELP WONDERING what John Knox would make of his lifesize statue standing against the north wall of the nave of St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh’s Old Town, sometimes … Read More

Meals for the neighbourhood

24/09/2021 | Reform

People who have lost income due to Covid are putting food on the table thanks to an award-winning project in Wolverhampton. Stephen Tomkins reports

Lea Road United Reformed Church in Wolverhampton has long history of looking out for local people … Read More

Celebrating 50 together

24/09/2021 | Reform

The United Reformed Church celebrates its 50th anniversary next year. Francis Brienen and Andy Jackson, Convenors of the anniversary planning group, look ahead

No one thought in 1972 that the URC would reach its silver jubilee, let alone golden. It … Read More

Finding the mission generation

31/08/2021 | Reform

Phil Knox explores how to reach, engage and disciple young adults

They are known as the connected generation, the snowflake generation, the generation most talked about and talked to. Throughout the pandemic, they have been criticised for their lack of … Read More

Closing churches: A message from the ancestors

31/08/2021 | Reform

John Ellis asks what our spiritual forebears would think about our response to the pandemic

One activity that grew during lockdown was criticising historical figures for their choices. With effortless moral superiority, we condemn their complicity in behaviours we would … Read More