September 2022 Archives - Reform Magazine
We are what we sing
20/09/2022 | ReformIn 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
Chapter & verse: Genesis 16:11
20/09/2022 | ReformTessa 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 | ReformIt’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 | ReformSheila 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 1Paul 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
A good question: How do I hear God’s call?
20/09/2022 | ReformOne question, four answers
Sue Mccoan‘It comes through his friend’
In John’s Gospel, Nathanael is sitting under a fig tree when his friend Philip turns up and starts babbling on about finding the one promised by the Law and the … Read More
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