Songs of Faith: Sam Goodman

27/11/2024 | Reform

Sam Goodman finds hymns easier than sermons

When is the best time to write a hymn? In the middle of the night? In hospital recovering from a stroke? Following a talk on mental health? When reflecting on the Lord’s Prayer? … Read More

Songs of Faith: Heather Whyte

25/10/2024 | Reform

Heather Whyte takes a quantum leap

Never underestimate the power of a good Sunday school teacher! Thanks to an inspiring and fun teacher, Heather Whyte, whose parents attended the Church of Scotland only quarterly for communion, found in church a … Read More

Songs of faith: Stephen Best

06/09/2024 | Reform

Hymn writer Stephen Best talks to Ana Gobledale

Maybe, as he says, it’s a Welsh thing or maybe it’s his poetic gift, but ready-to-sing hymns are arising from the pen of the Revd Stephen Best, part of our United Reformed … Read More

Songs of faith: Isaac Watts

03/07/2024 | Reform

In a new column on hymn writers, Ana Gobledale reveals Isaac Watts’ inspiration

When young Isaac Watts was scolded for speaking in rhyme, he smartly replied,‘Oh, Father, do some pity take,and I will no more verses make.’

Watts was a … Read More