A matter of heart: Education and the Free Churches

03/07/2024 | Reform

On 3 August 1944, the Education Act received Royal Assent. Eighty years on, when religious education sometimes feels like one more political football, Sarah Lane Cawte reflects on why RE – and education in general – still matters to the … Read More

Running on faith

03/07/2024 | Reform

Famous in the 1920s, and again in the 1980s, Eric Liddell is slipping from public consciousness. Laurence Wareing reports on a campaign to reclaim his memory

As CEO of the Eric Liddell Community in Edinburgh, John MacMillan was tasked with … Read More

Art in focus: July/August 2024

03/07/2024 | Reform

El AnantsuiThe Restless Earth, 2017Fabric and mixed media

This massive ‘cloth’ or hanging – or sculpture – is the work of Ghanaian artist El Anantsui. It is made from hundreds of flattened bottle tops, aluminium tins and other found objects, … Read More

Chapter & verse: Mark 6:39

03/07/2024 | Reform

Lance Stone walks in green pastures

It is a notable feature of the story of the feeding of the 5,000 that, apart from the resurrection, it is the only miracle that features in all four Gospels. As is usual in … Read More

Here & now: Zeerak Shahbaz

03/07/2024 | Reform

My call was nurtured in the URC, says Zeerak Shahbaz

Moving to England from Pakistan in 2006, at the age of three, I continued my faith journey in a United Reformed Church in east London. I recall attending events with … 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