How lovely on the mountains

29/04/2024 | Reform

Stephen Thornton looks back on 60 years of ministry and mountains

When I was a child at a Congregational church in Bradford, the main service was in the evening, with an afternoon Sunday school for children and adults. But they … Read More

Singing a new song

29/04/2024 | Reform

Peter Ranscombe reports on the innovative thinking behind the Church of Scotland’s new hymnbook

With its distinctive purple cover and its broad range of songs, the fourth edition of the Church Hymnary – or CH4 to its friends – has … Read More

Mod’s plod

29/04/2024 | Reform

Over Holy Week, Geoff Felton, Moderator of the URC Mersey Synod, led a pilgrimage of prayer across the Synod. Some congregations along the route joined parts of the walk, while others offered refreshments. What follows is Geoff’s daily log

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Editorial: Can you grow the tree all over again?

29/04/2024 | Reform

This month Richard Dawkins has been getting all over the news pages – including Reform’s (page 7) – by calling himself a ‘cultural Christian’. It’s something he’s said before, and he’s not alone. How many people are there in the … Read More

Here & Now: Heather Moore

29/04/2024 | Reform

Heather Moore tackles faith and physics

One of the things I’ve been asked when people find out I’m a Christian and study physics is how I can believe in both. How can I view both the creation described in Genesis … Read More

Chapter & verse: Acts 1:6-11

29/04/2024 | Reform

Al Barrett gets earthy with the Ascension

The ancient Egyptian myth of Osiris tells of a ‘green’ god, born of earth and sky, a river god in a dangerously overheating world, who offers his cooling waters to the parched earth. … Read More