Jan 4th 2013 -
‘First it's Jesus Sir, then its Dubstep’, commented one of the lads I work with. This flippant yet quite profound quote got me thinking. What are the priorities in my life? What is it about my life with Jesus that gets people talking? Is it the sort of music I listen to, the choice of language I use when I am...
Dec 31st 2012 -
I read recently that the word for ‘listening’ in Latin is ‘obedire’ and the Latin word ‘audire’ means ‘listening with great attention’. This is where the word ‘obedience’ originates from. To be obedient is to listen. Jesus listened to the Father in the midst of suffering and he learned experimentally and practically. ‘Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from...
Dec 21st 2012 -
Students, your new year's eve plans just got better... here's our Shift Team mates to let you in on the party, and Miriam will see you there! So last year we thought let’s throw a New Year’s Eve party and hope a few of our friends would show – 500 people did. This year we are doing it again but bigger &...
Dec 20th 2012 -
‘There was a time I used to look into my father's eyes In a happy home I was a king I had a golden throne Those days are gone, now the memories are on the wall I hear the songs from the places where I was born’ Students across the nation are heading home for Christmas, back to the family and friends they’ve just...
Dec 19th 2012 -
Most things in life work in rhythms - starting, continuing, ending. School life may seem long at the time, but it has a start and an end, with a few in between. A career was historically expected to be a life-long endeavour, but with an unreliable economy and a generation eager to be on their toes and forever moving, this is...
Dec 14th 2012 -
Today's Guest Blog is from our friend Sam Butterfield, the Participant President for Teach First. He's got some honest thoughts about actually acting like we believe we have the power of God in us, and how he's struggled to see this displayed in church... can we tell a different story? “I back myself” became a tongue in cheek catchphrase for me...
Dec 12th 2012 -
The first Christmas was far from calm and bright. It was the rush, sleeplessness and trepidation of a first child being born. It was the busyness of visitors arriving unexpected and over-excited. It was weariness and joy and hope and exhaustion! Sound familiar? The first Christmas was not so very unlike our Christmas season now. For Mary, Joseph, Simeon, Anna, Wise Men and...
