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Synnove moved from Norway to study in Lincoln this year. She told us about how she found a uni and a church in England. I think we can all agree that moving to uni, and a new city, is always scary. I grew up in church and had always had my family around me, but my biggest worry when I was...

Have you ever been part of a team? It may have been the football team, the swimming team; for me it’s always been the basketball team. I love looking at societies and teams at universities these days. Perhaps the football team isn’t for you, but it’s the Quidditch team at Nottingham University (I wish my uni had one!). Or the...

I was 22, just married and off on a post-honeymoon trip to Zimbabwe inspired by a prophetic word and a sense of adventure. We didn't know anyone personally in Zimbabwe, friends of friends at best, kind strangers in reality. On our first night I had a vivid dream. In it I heard a loud SOS call that seemed to be summoning me,...

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...