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How do you start a global movement?  This is a question that, at this moment in time, I could really do with knowing the answer to because I want to be involved in starting a one! Why? I hear you say. It is a big statement of intent and could just be another grandiose dream in our over-hyped celebrity culture, where fame is...

Rubbish, it’s June.  However, do not write off the young people of this year.  There IS still time to help those one or two students who are leaving you this year head off well.  Here are four easy things you still have time for, to help your young people head into university life well... Prepare them Take them for a pint/coffee and discuss...

My friend Dan asked an interesting question this week. I wonder what you’ll make of it. There were ten of us sat around eating lunch in Leeds, talking about mission and discipleship and how we can make sure the two remain inextricably linked in our local church contexts. As the student workers from various churches chatted through the victories and struggles...

I was listening to a talk recently and the speaker shared this thought and it sparked multiple thoughts in me, tangents springing from tangents. Needless to say, I think I missed the next few points from the speaker because I was enjoying playing thoughtful fireworks with the quote above! It made me start thinking about my vision, my dreams, the vision...

As she opened the kitchen door, a little wave of water flowed out and onto the hallway carpet. Stepping over the gathering puddle at her feet, Jean caught a glimpse of a large shopping trolley in the downstairs toilet and shook her head. “Looks like you had fun last night!” were her first words, calling out to me in her cheerful northern...

There are times in history when things change radically. The fall of the Roman Empire. The end of Apartheid. When women were given the right to vote. Events that affect more than just a small group of people; moments that transform society. I wonder what it was like when the disciples realised that Jesus was alive. This moment changed everything:...

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.  Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have...