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

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

On the pilgrim way: ‘What, in my old age, constitutes ‘works’?’

25/10/2024 | Reform

Listening works for Sheila Maxey

The letter of James famously states that faith without works is barren. I have been wondering what, in my old age and with declining energy, constitutes ‘works’.

I had an email from my 89-year-old German … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘At a Not Going Out recording, Miranda asked if I’d write for her radio sitcom’

25/10/2024 | Reform

Paul Kerensa on writing Miranda

Watching Sarah Hadland on Strictly Come Dancing lately has brought back what-I-call ‘such fun’ memories of working on Miranda.

The BBC sitcom was part of my life for a decade, from its Radio 2 origins … Read More

The place where we worship

25/10/2024 | Reform

Kathy Galloway reflects on God, humans and our fellow species

The instinct to worship in response to the beauty and mystery of the universe is as old as the human story itself. The passionate outpourings of psalmists and poets are … Read More

For good or for ill: Religion counts in war and peace

25/10/2024 | Reform

Religion is never just neutral, says a recent presentation to the United Nations. Laurence Wareing reports

Media coverage of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September was dominated, inevitably, by what political leaders had to say … Read More