Oct 17th 2013 -
The sun sets much earlier in winter. You’re walking home from campus in the dark. As you head out into the gloom the drip, drip, drip of dread gradually fills up the pit of your stomach. Part of you doesn’t want to go home. Because behind the door is another night out, another evening of drinking, freezing pilgrimages around town, lights on...
Oct 14th 2013 -
4. Money According to Jesus the love of money is a deadly disease. He devoted 25% of the Sermon on the Mount to the subject of money and possessions. He prescribed the antidote to this particular heart disease to be through radical generosity and sacrificial giving for the Kingdom cause. The symptoms of the disease are consumerism and materialism. It is a...
Oct 9th 2013 -
“Isn’t that wrong though? I mean, a party in church? Sex and drugs and all that in a church building is just wrong.” The Fresher scratched his head and shook it at the thought of a welcome party being hosted by and in a church. “I think perhaps we have a slightly different take on what a party is mate. Last party I...
Oct 7th 2013 -
3. Sex Sex@oxbridge is a blog that makes disturbing reading and will send a shiver down any Christian parents’ spine. It is a female students’ account of her one night stands and her appetite for lots of sex. This might seem like an extreme example, but is indicative of the expectation, availability and celebration of sexual encounters at university. The media...
Oct 3rd 2013 -
“I was so scared. I could have died and so would my baby. There must be a God who has a plan for me, because it’s a miracle I’m still here.” The Palestinian girl put her hands on her stomach and began to quietly cry, tears rolling down her pale cheeks from her big dark eyes, now brimming with the emotion...
Sep 30th 2013 -
2. Drink I’d been thinking about this night on and off for the previous few days and all the day before i had a sense of both nervousness and excitement. When it came to the evening and a time when I’d normally be thinking about going to bed, I was instead wide awake and sensing the adrenalin in my body. I...
Sep 26th 2013 -
I am writing this blog on the morning of my 25th birthday, sat on a train heading for home after my first three days on The Road Trip. I’ve opened a bunch of cards, most of which have baby animals on the front, a highlight being the micro-pig in red wellies courtesy of my sister. A minute ago I sent a text...
