A faithful restlessness

24/02/2023 | Reform

Paul Northup, Creative Director of Greenbelt festival, talks to Reform. 2023 sees Greenbelt’s 50th festival. The United Reformed Church has been an associate partner of Greenbelt since 2016

Greenbelt is celebrating its 50th anniversary, like the URC. What did Greenbelt … Read More

Reviews March 2023

24/02/2023 | Reform

Whatever is good and lovely

Lunana: A Yak In The ClassroomDirected by Pawo Choyning DorjiCertificate PG, 109 minutes,Oscar nomination – Best International Feature 2022Released 10 March

City boy Ugyen (Sherab Dorji) must work five years in education under Bhutan’s National … Read More

A good question: Lent: Have we given up giving up?

24/02/2023 | Reform

One question, four answers

Eugenia Constantinou‘Fasting is not just about food’

We should give up giving up. I suppose that seems strange coming from an Orthodox Christian. But yes, you should give up giving up because Great Lent was never … Read More

A preacher’s life for me

24/02/2023 | Reform

Martin Camroux reflects on 60 years of preaching

One of the great things about being retired is that I am now a hit-and-run preacher. Turn up, preach the sermon and I’m off. Which gives me a certain freedom to say … Read More

Jesus and… Women

24/02/2023 | Reform

A series about what we have to learn from Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Susan Durber looks at Jesus’ attitude to women

Jesus said very little about women, or gender, or sexuality or any of that. But … Read More

Living and breathing in Bethlehem

24/02/2023 | Reform

Rowena Francis reports on a stay in the Holy Land

It was a privilege to be part of the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) for my sabbatical from URC stipendiary ministry. This programme … Read More