How to talk

29/08/2023 | Reform

Kathryn Mannix spent her medical career working with people who have incurable, advanced illnesses. Her first book, With the End in Mind: Dying, death and wisdom in an age of denial, was an attempt to restore our understanding of death. … Read More

Jesus and… family

29/08/2023 | Reform

A series about what we have to learn from Jesus on a range of subjects. This month, Stephen Tomkins looks at Jesus’ attitude to family

You would assume, wouldn’t you, that Jesus was pretty enthusiastic about the family. Some Churches … Read More

A good question: Who is your favourite disciple?

29/08/2023 | Reform

One question, four answers

BARBARA BENNETT‘He may have been the only disciple not from Galilee – an odd man out!’

I am intrigued by several of the disciples, but the most controversial of them is Judas Iscariot; Judas the Betrayer; … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘I handed in my keys and walked home with tears streaming down my face’

29/08/2023 | Reform

Sheila Maxey clears out and finds lost treasures

Last Saturday I went into Brentwood United Reformed Church for the last time. Men from the two other churches in the pastorate were loading things into a hired white van – the … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘After all, we’ve not read every book yet’

29/08/2023 | Reform

Paul Kerensa enjoys a bedtime story

I still read bedtime stories to my children, perhaps later than most. I don’t mean that it’s late in the day – a midnight reading would be madness. I mean our children may be … Read More

Editorial: How to listen

29/08/2023 | Reform

I love preaching, for many reasons but mainly, I suspect, because I like the sound of my own voice. As I write, though, I’m preparing a sermon for the 11th Sunday after Trinity and simply dreading it.

The text is … Read More