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In the autumn, many students all over the UK tried church for the first time. A generational shift has led to an openness towards church, a desire than needs to be met, and a belief that there must be something more. Stories amounting to students giving their lives to Jesus during their first weeks at university are emerging - are we...

In June 2015, I was standing in Edinburgh Airport holding my one-way ticket to New York to work at the summer camp I had worked at for the previous two summers. The only difference this time was that I wasn’t planning to return at the end of the season. I had just finished my four years at the University of Edinburgh, graduating...

Mary responded, “Oh, how my soul praises the Lord.     How my spirit rejoices in God my Savior! For he took notice of his lowly servant girl,     and from now on all generations will call me blessed. For the Mighty One is holy,     and he has done great things for me. He shows mercy from generation to generation     to all who fear him. His mighty arm has done tremendous things!     He...

It's that magical time of year… Your students are bogged down in deadlines and you’re stressed up to your eyeballs with planning a million and one Christmas events. You’re desperately trying to find the festive cheer and end the term well but at the same time you can’t wait to just get the next couple of weeks out the way...

This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph, to whom she was engaged, was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he...

On coming to the house, [the Magi] saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. When they had...

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all...