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Recently I have gone back to uni part time to do further theology study. Last week I was sat with a group of lecturers and PhD students who were casually chatting away about their latest research, a theologian they knew, his key beliefs, and although it was all very interesting, I felt a little uncomfortable. I genuinely had Justin Bieber ‘what do...

"Do you have a faith goal?” I am so grateful to the person who first asked me that question. I’ve always been a goal oriented person. I am motivated by long term dreams and prioritise my life around them. The thing is, those goals are generally centred around what I can accomplish. Commitment. Focus. Hard work. Give me a vision and the...

After returning home from the vets a mother sends her daughter a text: “Hi Chloe, Rusty [the family Dog] has passed away, lol xxxx” A reply came back from the daughter almost immediately: “That’s not funny Mum! What’s wrong with you!? Are you joking? I hope you are joking!” Chloe’s Mother’s perception of “lol” [lots of love], differed greatly from Chloe’s [laugh of loud],...

A day of dreaming, story-telling and sharing vision; Issy tells the story of her trip to our first Fusion France gathering in January! Naomi, Steph and I visited Lyon to attend a conference with student workers from churches across France, to share with each other our vision of student churches. The day was headed up by Fusion, who have recently felt God...

Last weekend at the Manchester Learning Communities, church leaders and student workers chatted about where students are leading and influencing. It was so exciting to hear about so many students influencing not only in church but all over the place!! Where are you influencing?  The 7 Spheres (or mountains) was a vision given by God to Loren Cunningham (YWAM Founder), Bill Bright...

A couple of weeks ago I attended a conference with the title “Dangerous Dreamers”. It was the National Leaders Vineyard Conference with just under 2000 leaders from across the UK. I heard the stories of many normal people, like you and me, who have gone and done seriously dangerous things because God gave them a dream; a dangerous dream. Things like: Moving to...

Last month I had an operation. Nothing serious but something that was going to keep me off work for at least 3 weeks. Needless to say, I wasn’t looking forward to it. It wasn’t the pain of the operation or the recovery in hospital after the operation. It was the fact that I was going to be out of action from...