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From my bedroom window, I can see the building site for a house. Aside from some awkward moments involving me, some bad dancing, open curtains and builders, it’s been fun watching the progress from foundations and scaffolding to a roof and the anticipation of windows. Often when we think of the story of a house, it begins when people live in...

I just spoke to over one thousand two hundred women and I told them about you. I thought I better let you all know what I said on our behalf, on behalf of our generation of teens, students and twenty-somethings, since I'm not going to talk behind your back about you! On Saturday March 1st, I got to do the final talk...

The story of David & Goliath is well known. A small boy slings a stone and kills a giant. He took what skills he had and used them for God.  My friend David Skivington was a student in York and went to India on mission. While there, he was offered little girls for sex. He was outraged and asked God what he...

I’m in need of backing off just now. Do you know how it feels to crack on with work and you’re loving it and its going well but you feel like there are things you’re doing which you’re just pressing on with and you just need to stop.  For a second. That creative idea you’ve had has been shelved for a while,...

The text below is a poem written by J.R.R. Tolkien. It is penned by Bilbo Baggins and quoted by Gandalf.  It is also my prayer for all those who once had faith in Jesus Christ, but have drifted away from him and his church. There are many students in our universities who once knew a closeness to God that has gone....

Everyone needs encouragement to persevere. When walking with my lads I say, “keep going, it’s just round the corner”. God always says this to his people. We become accustomed to our surroundings and settle for what we can see. We focus on the people in our church and forget about those in our wider community.  Jesus said that with God all things...

Since the start of January I’ve visited churches in Durham and Sunderland, York, Cambridge, Newcastle and Kampala (Uganda).  Meeting with 32 different churches in this time has blown my mind.  The diversity of tradition, vision and experience has been fascinating.  In the UK I support local churches in fulfilling their callings amongst students.  In Uganda my friends Rachel, Edith and their team...