We are what we sing

20/09/2022 | Reform

In her new book, Fifty Hymns for Fifty Years, Anne Sardeson explores the story of the URC, one hymn at a time. She talks to Laurence Wareing about her life-long love of singing, writing hymns for the moment, and the … Read More

I am… a working class Christian

20/09/2022 | Reform

Natalie Williams on the hurdles facing a working class Christian

I grew up in Hastings, which a national newspaper once called Hell-on-Sea. It’s a lovely seaside town, but it’s the 13th most deprived part of the country. I grew up … Read More

Chapter & verse: Genesis 16:11

20/09/2022 | Reform

Tessa Henry-Robinson explores Hagar’s fear and misery

I am advancing a womanist biblical treatment of Genesis 16:11, considering Hagar’s move from enslaved woman, to surrogate mother, to exile, which God’s angel refers to as Hagar’s ‘misery’. This suggests to me … Read More

Here & now: Jake Penny

20/09/2022 | Reform

It’s not easy being ‘between churches’, says Jake Penny

I’m ‘between churches’, as the euphemism goes. As much as I would love to be involved in a church community I could write about, since I moved for university there have … Read More

On the pilgrim way: ‘We promised to love and honour’

20/09/2022 | Reform

Sheila Maxey looks back over the years

On 3 August 1962 Kees and I promised before God to love and honour one another (we omitted ‘obey’) until death parted us. As I look back over 60 years I imagine the … Read More

Do stay for tea and coffee: ‘Remember those lockdown services where the minister would be the only one in church? This was the opposite.’

20/09/2022 | Reform 1

Paul Kerensa on the first church broadcast

It’s a big year for anniversaries. The URC celebrates its fiftieth this autumn, soon before the BBC turns one hundred.

2022 marks the centenary of not just Auntie Beeb, but British broadcasting as … Read More