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One of the greatest joys of my life is to look back on all the students that my wife and I have mentored, discipled, encouraged and released into all that God had created them to be. Hannah and I worked out that we have mentored 42 students over the last 15 years and invested in a hundreds more.  If you are a...

Our house is pretty tidy. Every Friday, we do a “Factory Reset”. Everything is put back in its right place and the house is cleaned. This may have something to do with my wife’s perfectionism!  The reason why it needs this is because living, particularly with two kids, is messy. Having friends over is messy. Having fun is messy. Life is...

IF YOU COULD WRITE A LETTER TO YOURSELF AS YOU STARTED UNI, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? Dear Sam, Finally. Freedom. Yes, you’ve come this far, but I’m writing to you now to prepare you for the best years of your life. Interestingly, no matter what our life-stage, we always believe we have finally become our true selves but I can say that University’s...

Welcome to the first Episode of the loveyouruni podcast! We're talking campus, faith, life, and sharing our best stories. Subscribe to the loveyouruni podcast now to join the student mission conversation. In the first episode, Luke and Miriam chat about missionstyles.org, the lost sheep, deep voices and faces for radio... Subscribe    

If you could write a letter to yourself as you started uni, what would you say? Dear Hannah,  You have absolutely no idea how your life is about to change. Right now, you've just turned 18, you don't have a lot of confidence, you don't have loads of friends, and you're fed up of living in a small rural town where nothing...

If you could write a letter to yourself as you started uni, what would you say? Dear Jules, You’ve made it, well sort of. What has been the best part of a 14-year quest to achieve top grades at A level in order to attend Oxbridge, or another hallowed red brick institution of higher education (Bristol will have to do for now)...

If you could write a letter to yourself as you started uni, what would you say? Dear me, five years ago. You are about to enter a completely new environment, which will feel both liberating at times and de-mobilising in others. You get to be who you want to be, and make powerful choices about your life. You're quite used to the...