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If you were a parent, what would be the highlight of your week? Would it be your greatest joy to see your child eat all their greens, or to treat them to a hot chocolate and spend time with them doing their favourite things?  Would conversations be a highlight when they’re talking with long clever words or when they are excitedly recounting story after story about their day and their...

As part of a new church plant, I have been thinking a lot recently about how we can be family with each other. Not “I’ll see you on Christmas and birthdays” kind of family. More like “pop in randomly, make your own cup of tea, and occasionally scrub my toilet” kind of family. The Acts 2 “having everything in common”...

Student Worker Stories : Rob Fraser-Binns In a round about way this is one of the main questions I ask all new freshers when they start their time at university. Many of the standard answers that I receive in response include: “To get my degree” “To be a nurse” “To be a teacher” Most answers are all about the future, thinking about what is coming after their...

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7: 7-8. It's a worrying moment when you ask for something in the name of Jesus, taking his words as...

I guess when it comes to the Christian calendar, our defining moments, our stake-in-the-ground, remember-and-celebrate-this events can lose some of their impact and power because we visit them annually. We can be at risk of actually being less creative, less inspired and less passionate about sharing our story, the story of God, in our most crucial moments. Think Christmas services...

Fusion Global Reports: Switzerland If you’re a keen advocate of Fusion, and you’ve been checking our blog posts regularly, you may have gathered that we’re no longer just UK based, but we have expanded, as our long term vision is to help every university student find a church. This means exciting times, and taking Student Linkup to students overseas! For an overview...

Student worker stories:  Emma Higgins “Each one of us is called to live up to our calling and to be who God calls us to be” says Paula Gooder. The question “what is God calling me to?” was often asked by students sat opposite me in a coffee shop. During my time working with students at a church in Edinburgh I...