Art in Focus – November 2023

30/10/2023 | Reform

The Red Vineyard / Red Vineyard at Arles (Montmajour)Vincent van Gogh1888

This colourful, vibrant work may well be the only painting its creator Vincent van Gogh ever sold. Certainly, it is the only one for which we have a named … Read More

Editorial: The Spirit prays on our behalf

30/10/2023 | Reform

Some news stories seem too serious to pass over in silence on this page, and at the same time too serious for me to feel that I have anything worth saying about them. The recent events in Israel and Palestine … Read More

A good question: Can non-violence stand in the face of Putin?

26/09/2023 | Reform

One question, four answers

Melanie Smith‘The Prince of Peace has the victory’

In the book of Micah, we are invited into a world where people have no fear, and weapons are surplus to requirement. In the kin-dom of God, violence … Read More

Want not

26/09/2023 | Reform

United Reformed Church volunteers served more than 2,000 meals at Greenbelt festival in August. All the food was affordable, delicious and dumped by supermarkets and other shops as rubbish. Nikki Dravers of REfUSE, who provided the food, talks to Reform … Read More

Ministry at the workstation

26/09/2023 | Reform

Chaplaincy is a different kind of ministry of giving and receiving. Laurence Wareing asks chaplains what makes their work so special

The first question Elaine Hutchison was asked as a chaplain in Birmingham’s Bull Ring was, ‘What does the Bible … Read More

Forever pastoring

26/09/2023 | Reform

Is pastoral care relevant today? asks Michael Hopkins

As congregations shrink in number, and fewer ministers of Word and Sacrament are available, it is inevitable that congregations see less of a minister than might once have been the case. The … Read More