Glimpsing the Spirit Midwife

24/06/2022 | Reform

Fiona Bennett, Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly for 2022 to 2023 and Minister of Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, talks to Laurence Wareing

How would you describe your early life and influences?I grew up in Aberdeen in a … Read More

Chapter & verse: John 21:18

24/06/2022 | Reform

Janet Hopewell on following where we don’t want to go

‘But I don’t want to go to school!’ Words which bring back my childhood. A bit later, in our adult years, we have days when we just don’t want to … Read More

Here & now: Nick Booth

24/06/2022 | Reform

Nick Booth reflects on the differences of life in Finland

Familiarity is comforting. By adulthood we have mostly decided upon the music we like to listen to, the food we like to eat and the ideal politics we hold to … Read More

I am… a foster carer

24/06/2022 | Reform

How fostering reflects God’s many-roomed house

I vividly remember the day I bumped into an old friend who was now a foster carer, who told me that just that morning she had received a call from her social worker. There … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I am joining a vast number of carers’

24/06/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey recognises her ‘devils’

Kees has had a reprieve: in medical terms he is stable. This means the various support bodies such as District Nurse and Hospice at Home stop calling but say I can call them when needed. … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘As many nonconformists together as you can shake a bishop’s crozier at’

24/06/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa gets together in Nailsworth

In my day job as a stand-up (well, evening job), I tour the land doing comedy shows for churches – which this week led me to the delightful Cotswold town of Nailsworth. Winding down … Read More