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Under British law, it is legal to commit suicide but illegal to help someone to do it. If Rob Marris, a Labour MP, has his way, that law will change. The Marris "Assisted Dying Bill" is seeking to change the law so it becomes legal, in certain circumstances, to provide physician assisted death. If you are terminally ill and only...

We think we know what poverty is. We look at the news and we're convinced our definition of poverty is correct. But is it?  www.rhythms.org/poverty  Check out this video to think about poverty in it's most full sense. Poverty is not just a lack of stuff or resource but it a separation from others, from our maker and from basic human needs....

Uni is one of the best experiences of my life so far… It was so much FUN! I made life long friends, learnt loads, it challenged my perception of the world and how I study. I also got plugged in to a local church on my first week. I spent my three years of uni in that church, serving, being mentored,...

My summer looks like a sea of a thousand faces. Faces of young people I mainly I never get a chance to know the names of, hear their stories, find out where they’re hoping to go to uni.  But with every face I see, my whispered prayer is that they would thrive in their walk with Jesus through the wildness...

Whenever I deliver talks on dating and relationships, I always leave time for Q&A.  Usually, there is one question in particular which stands out, and at a recent event this question came from a young man who asked: ‘As a single person, how can I help dating couples in my church?’   I think this question is great because it’s encouraging to...

Jenna is a third year student at Cardiff uni, from South Africa but loving Wales! She is soon to become the new Student Worker at City Temple Cardiff and is buzzing with student stories from her final year. She was so excited to tell me the story of Joe who arrived at Cardiff last September. What stood out to Jenna was that...

After a recent talk I did on dating, a woman in her mid 20s asked to speak with me. She explained that she had dated someone before for a long time and thought they would eventually get married. She then said: ‘He was great, but the enjoyment had been missing for a while, so we ended it. Have I lost ‘the...