A good question: How long should a sermon be?

26/06/2023 | Reform

One question, four answers

BARNABAS SHIN‘Our body clock will get used to what we think is normal’

This question reminded me of my young adulthood when I used to sit in front of the pew on Sunday morning services in … Read More

Hear different voices

26/06/2023 | Reform

The Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson is Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly from 2023 to 2024. She is the first woman from an ethnic minority background to be appointed to the post. Shortly before Assembly, she talked to … Read More

Editorial: The rise of AI

26/06/2023 | Reform

Two months ago on this page, I offered you an editorial written by a rudimentary artificial intelligence (AI) programme. I have also had fun asking it jokes and getting it to write hymns and sermons, crossword clues and my annual … Read More

Art in focus – July/August 2023

26/06/2023 | Reform

St Francis of AssisiSt Benedict’s Cave, Subiaco MonasteryFresco, 1223-1224

I think I would like to have met Francis, the young Italian nobleman turned saint. This fresco on the wall of the monastery of Subiaco near Rome is the oldest known … Read More

Reviews July/August 2023

26/06/2023 | Reform

Language for the deaf

Name Me LawandDirected by Edward LovelaceCertificate PG, 91 minutesReleased 7 July

Lawand, a young Iraqi boy, has been written off. He is different, he apparently doesn’t want to communicate with others. No one in his home … Read More

Jesus and… Church

26/06/2023 | Reform

A series about what we have to learn from Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Lawrence Heath-Moore looks at Jesus’ attitude to the Church

‘The Church? What’s that?’ – Jesus

Here’s the thing: Jesus never spoke about the … Read More