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

Safer spaces

11/03/2025 | Reform

In the second of two articles following the Makin Report into abuse in the Church of England, Sharon Barr, the URC’s Safeguarding Lead outlines the biblical values seen in good safeguarding practice

The Makin Report, which was an independent review … Read More

Andrew Irvine on Everest

11/03/2025 | Reform

Will we finally find out if this worshipper at Trinity, Birkenhead, reached the peak of Everest in 1924? John Blease tells the story

The recent finding on Mount Everest of a boot and a sock belonging to the mountaineer Andrew … Read More

Chapter & Verse: Psalm 91

11/03/2025 | Reform

Hannah Fytche hovers between art and Psalm 91

In the San Diego Museum of Art, there is a room of paintings which depict artists’ impressions of the Holy Spirit. A collage of shattered glass shines from one wall, collected from … Read More

Editorial: Does my giving pinch?

11/03/2025 | Reform

I recently reread CS Lewis’s 1952 classic Mere Christianity. Unpacking the already aged term ‘Christian charity’, Lewis says loving my neighbour is a much broader obligation than financial giving; but giving is one thing it inescapably entails. How much should … Read More

Art in Focus: Issue 2 – 2025

11/03/2025 | Reform

Mount Calvary, 1944William H. Johnson

The scene is simple and graphic. The background, timeless and plain. The figures wear contemporary dress. In this crucifixion scene, there is no attempt at historical accuracy. We know about these people from the Gospel … Read More