The churches that make us: The Church at Carrs Lane

28/05/2022 | Reform

A series covering the breadth of church life in the United Reformed Church. This month, Reform visits Birmingham

In many ways, The Church at Carrs Lane embodies the 50-year story of the URC, evolving from its 18th-century beginnings as an … Read More

We are… humanitarian aid workers

28/05/2022 | Reform

Robertson and Annette Marshall go trucking for Ukraine

The DriverVisiting Moldova has opened my eyes to poverty that hopefully we will never know. I first went with TEECH, a charity that takes aid to local communities. It also works in … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘Sometimes my cry is “How long, O Lord?”’

28/05/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey faces desperate times and strange blessings

As I wait for Kees to die I am haunted by the Taizé chant ‘Wait for the Lord whose day is near: wait for the Lord, keep watch, take heart.’ Mostly it … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Will this summer see the much fêted return of the fête?’

28/05/2022 | Reform

Paul Kerensa enjoys the return of the village fête

I wonder if your neck of the woods will be returning to outdoor gatherings of old this summer? No, not that old. Not druids at henges or ye ancient maypole.

I … Read More

Art in Focus – June 2022

28/05/2022 | Reform

Picking OlivesSliman Mansouroil on canvas, 1988

I was balancing in an olive tree, wielding a stick, beating the branches to bring the olives bouncing down onto a large ground sheet. At lunchtime I sat with the Palestinian family round a … Read More

Editorial: In praise of ministers

28/05/2022 | Reform

One Friday night in 1983, aged 13, I was cycling back from my church youth group. Not being the most confident cyclist, when I had to turn right on London Road, I dismounted and pushed my bike across the road. … Read More