Since the start of the coronavirus lockdown, more than 1,200 people have signed up to receive the United Reformed Church’s Daily Devotions.

Each morning a devotion, featuring a Bible reading, reflection and prayer, is distributed by email to new total of more than 4,200 people.

The Daily Devotion’s project creator and co-ordinator, the Revd Andy Braunston, Minister of Barrhead, Shawlands and Stewarton URCs in the Synod of Scotland’s Southside Cluster, shared his delight: “I am amazed and delighted at the number of people who have signed up.”

The Moderators of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly are supporting the call for warring parties around the world to lay down their weapons to help battle Covid-19.

Echoing the urgent plea made by António Guterres, the United Nation’s (UN) Secretary-General, Moderators Derek Estill and the Revd Nigel Uden have added their names to an international call for a ceasefire: that the threat to life from the coronavirus, a true shared enemy, is being amplified by armed conflict and putting vulnerable people at an even greater risk.

The Revd Dr Kevin Snyman, United Reformed Church Programme Officer (Global Justice and Partnerships), focuses on Psalm 22: 1 in this reflection for Good Friday.

It won’t surprise you to learn that I love the movies. A key moment in all storytelling is the “all-is-lost” moment.

Here, the protagonist’s ordinary world is disrupted. She can no longer avoid the painful evidence that her worldview is somehow wrong. Something has happened that causes her to see through the illusion, self-delusion, and false information of her world.