Soul stories: Andrea Heron

11/03/2025 | Reform

Where is love? asks Andrea Heron

When I was 18 months old, I was taken to St Stephen’s URC, Wavertree, for the first time by my grandparents. Or so I’m told. I can’t remember, though I believe there may be … Read More

Soul stories: David Cornick

27/11/2024 | Reform

David Cornick is surrounded by God’s lessons

In her poem, ‘Thirst’, the American poet Mary Oliver talks to Jesus about her spiritual life as she walks towards a favourite pond, and glories in the ‘beautiful lessons’ with which God surrounds … Read More

Soul stories: Elizabeth Welch

25/10/2024 | Reform

Elizabeth Welch looks back on a lifetime of calling

I first heard God calling me to ministry at the age of 15 in Johannesburg, where my father was serving as a Congregational minister. I was out walking in the South … Read More

Soul stories: Sian Joyner

02/10/2024 | Reform

Sian Joyner sees disability differently

As I stand under shelter, waiting for a friend for a coffee date, the voice wakes me from a daydream. I think about lecturing them on the figurative nature of the healing stories; I think … Read More

Soul stories: Jacob Bali

06/09/2024 | Reform

Jacob Bali moves from the Household Cavalry to ministry

The year was 2014, mid-February. It was a typical working day, going through my morning routine in the stables of Hyde Park Barracks as a soldier in the Household Cavalry Mounted … Read More

Soul stories: Barnabas Shin

03/06/2024 | Reform

Barnabas Shin on working through a crisis of faith

My journey of faith started when my sister led me, a five-year-old boy, to church. Although I was not born into a Christian family, I grew up in a faith community. … Read More