Oct 15th 2012 -
Last week saw the completion of the political party conference season and I was struck by a similarity between these conferences and the church in the UK. In the 1950s, political parties were boasting over 4 million members between them and their conferences were very well attended, exciting events. Today membership of political parties isn’t even an eighth of what it use...
Oct 12th 2012 -
Mark Powley, Associate Rector of St George's Leeds has written a great update on what they are doing to reach students in their church. ‘If God throws a party who gets to come?’ This is the question we put on 1,000 flyers launching our new evening services specifically aimed at calling a lost generation back to God. Here at St George’s...
Oct 11th 2012 -
"In Norway we dress for the weather" remarked a some what perplexed third year, as she chatted with her housemates about British student attire on nights out. In Britain, it appears we refuse to dress for the weather. And let's face it, when has "the weather" ever done us any favours? We can't live our lives in water-proof onesies can we... As...
Oct 10th 2012 -
Six weeks ago I got married. Four months before that I got engaged. My new husband stood up behind the table on that day and, addressing the gathered crowd, announced “when Pip and I said we were going to plan a wedding in three and a half months, I think what we actually meant was that you were going to plan...
Oct 8th 2012 -
It stopped me in my tracks. Cycling into the Fusion office at 8am through the road spray, I suddenly pulled over as the words hit me, stirred me and reverberated deep in my soul. I know that Coldplay isn't everybody's cup of herbal tea but I like them! What's more, I find that God uses their music and lyrics to get...
Oct 5th 2012 -
I count myself blessed to know that I look back at my three years at uni without many regrets. There were ups and downs but both were character defining and have shaped me into the person I am today. There is probably only one thing I would go back and change: my attitude toward my time. It would not be uncommon at...
Oct 4th 2012 -
I still can't walk properly and it's all Tasha's fault. I think this is what getting your legs chewed by bears must feel like. My room is on the third floor of my house, so you can imagine my disappointment to discover upon my arrival home, that every step caused an involuntary groan to leave my mouth. We've just joined the gym....
