A good question: Is Britain a sexually dysfunctional society?

12/12/2023 | Reform

One question, four answers

Carla Grosch-Miller‘Sexual development is the arena for spiritual growth’

My professional doctorate is in the area of sexual and spiritual integration, so I am delighted to have the opportunity to consider what a sexually functional society … Read More

Reviews December 2023/January 2024

12/12/2023 | Reform

The cycle of life

SamsaraDirected by Lois PatiñoCertificate U, 113 minutesReleased 26 January

Broadly speaking, this film is in three parts. The first takes place in Laos, in east Asia, where the predominant religion is Buddhism. The second is the … Read More

Art in Focus: December 2023

12/12/2023 | Reform

Flight into EgyptWalter Ritchie, 1919–1997Brick relief sculpture

‘Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt, and remained there until the death of Herod.’

For how many Christmases have we heard those words, … Read More

Editorial: Humility and faithfulness

12/12/2023 | Reform

I hear a lot of discussion about the next election: when it will be, how certain a Labour victory is, how large the majority. One question I don’t hear so much is how much difference the result will make either … Read More

Change is coming up

30/10/2023 | Reform

Anthony Reddie became Oxford University’s first ever Professor of Black Theology in September. Next year, he will provide anti-racist training to every minister in the United Reformed Church, as part of its commitment to becoming an anti-racist Church. Reform spoke … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘A door closed and the writer I’d formerly admired continued speaking’

30/10/2023 | Reform

Paul Kerensa offers a warning before pressing record

I suppose all preachers hope their sermons might linger longer. But I wonder how many know if they’re being recorded? Job 19:23 cries out, ‘Oh, that my words were recorded, that they … Read More