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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Read More

Plant gardens

26/06/2023 | Reform

Lindsey Sanderson reports on possible new directions in the life of the URC

‘Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and … Read More

Demerara: A Christian revolt

26/06/2023 | Reform

On its bicentenary, Stephen Tomkins tells the story of the Demerara revolt of July 1823

Bethel Chapel in Demerara, modern Guyana, was in a complicated position 200 years ago. It was an Independent or Congregational church, supplied with ministers … Read More