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What's your New Years resolution? Mine is to stop eating so many Pringles. I eat a lot, quite an alarming amount so I’m going to try and stop (if you see me eating them, stop me immediately). Have you thought about what your going to give up or take up this year? Could that be church?  Over the past year I...

Back in September I wrote an article about how we don’t have to wait until January to make changes in our life. I said we can make changes to our life whenever we want, and more importantly whenever God tells us to. If you missed it, feel free to click here.  “What’s your New Year’s Resolution?” I’ve been asked this question...

It is the last week of term and you will soon be finished university for Christmas. After late nights, long lectures and early morning starts you will be getting rest. Rest however is so much more than a good idea- its a command from God. So often our life can go by so fast it seems like the years are getting...

'You're far more holy than me!' Says my Mum to me one day, in an off-hand way. Now this struck me. My Mum is a Christian missionary-turned-church-leader and has been full-time serving the church and training leaders for years. I’m a fresh-outta-uni graduate, I picked the degree that looked most fun, still enjoy going out, making spontaneous decisions and live most days with...

A few week ago I was sat in the dentist waiting room for my first ever filling!!! I’m not afraid of the dentist so that didn’t bother me. What did bother me was the fact that I left my phone at home!! I have never ever in my life left my phone at home. I was sat on my own in...

Thousands of students will be driving home for Christmas next week after their first term at uni. They’ll be coming back home expectant to be filled with mince pies, bobbing along to Stop the Calvary and sporting their tackiest Christmas jumper. But it can be a tricky time for students returning home after their first term and fitting back into church life.  I asked a bunch of youth/student workers...

As the son of pastor, I have been brought up in church since the tender age of two weeks old. During the last 33 years I’ve observed a lot of what goes on in Church, some of it truly awesome, some of it not so much. Firstly, let me state clearly that I love the Church. It has encouraged and built me...