Sensing God

27/05/2016 | Reform

A report from an award-winning church project in Hemel Hempstead that provides fun and fellowship for children with special educational needs

This spring afternoon, lots of children are singing enthusiastically. According to Tess, the adult leading the worship session: “It … Read More

Notes from a dark place: Pain, hatred and the magic of forgiveness

03/05/2016 | Reform

How learning to let go allowed me to live again by Anonymous

I seriously thought about killing him. I quickly realised I never would, but only because I wouldn’t get away with it.

How I hated going to bed. As … Read More

Community in bloom

22/04/2016 | Reform

Stan Hazell visits an award-winning gardening project

Walk around the streets surrounding Stand United Reformed Church in Chapelfield, Greater Manchester, and you cannot fail to spot the raised planters, which, from spring to the end of summer, are full of … Read More

“What God might be up to”

22/04/2016 | Reform

Greenbelt Festival and the United Reformed Church are going into partnership for the next two years. It’s a plan involving scrap metal, cake, flash mob liturgy and big questions, as Stephen Tomkins discovers

There are acrobats clambering around a huge … Read More

Learning to grow, growing to learn

22/04/2016 | Reform

Westminster College is expanding into a theological hub

The diggers are back at Westminster College, Cambridge. After a £7m redevelopment project between 2013 and 2014, which transformed the historic building into a modern centre for learning, building work is happening … Read More

Grow towards the light

22/04/2016 | Reform

Your conscience is not just a nagging voice, reflects Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche,
it is an impulse to grow towards the light

The nature of reality is shared, so we must learn to listen – to the people around us, … Read More