July/August 2023 Archives - Reform Magazine
A good question: How long should a sermon be?
26/06/2023 | ReformOne question, four answers
BARNABAS SHIN‘Our body clock will get used to what we think is normal’
This question reminded me of my young adulthood when I used to sit in front of the pew on Sunday morning services in … Read More
Hear different voices
26/06/2023 | ReformThe Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson is Moderator of the United Reformed Church General Assembly from 2023 to 2024. She is the first woman from an ethnic minority background to be appointed to the post. Shortly before Assembly, she talked to … Read More
Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘I found a YouTube channel with roller coasters and my kids took turns sitting in a laundry basket’
26/06/2023 | Reform 1Paul Kerensa takes a Youtube roller coaster
Going anywhere nice on your holidays? Some years we take more trips than others, so this is what our summer hols looked like a couple of years back, during that oh-so-brief umpteen-week period … Read More
Unmoderated exchange
26/06/2023 | ReformTwo Scottish Moderators, of the URC and the Church of Scotland, meet up to talk. Rachel Fitzgerald reports
Two female Moderators of national Church Assemblies, both based in Edinburgh – an opportunity too good to miss! The Revd Fiona Bennett … Read More
Editorial: The rise of AI
26/06/2023 | ReformTwo months ago on this page, I offered you an editorial written by a rudimentary artificial intelligence (AI) programme. I have also had fun asking it jokes and getting it to write hymns and sermons, crossword clues and my annual … Read More
Art in focus – July/August 2023
26/06/2023 | ReformSt Francis of AssisiSt Benedict’s Cave, Subiaco MonasteryFresco, 1223-1224
I think I would like to have met Francis, the young Italian nobleman turned saint. This fresco on the wall of the monastery of Subiaco near Rome is the oldest known … Read More
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