Jul 16th 2012 -
This is my plan to transform the nation. I am a local church leader and I have worked with students over the past seven years. In that time our student work has gone from 3 to 70. But students are a transient people group so we have seen over 150 students come through our church community, be part of our small...
Jul 12th 2012 -
My mate Esther is my brilliant guest blogger this week. I asked her to reflect back on life since graduating and how our faith stands the test of time the other side of Uni. Here's what she wrote, from the heart, a call to choose to follow... Faith in God is a decision; it is a daily decision. We choose to believe because the...
Jul 9th 2012 -
Students today are splitting their souls and leaving horcruxes strewn through their lives. The Harry Potter Franchise has now brought in a total of $25bn, so I will assume that if you are reading this you have a basic understanding of fictional wizardry. In the stories, the evil Voldemort has split his soul into seven parts and left them in various...
Jul 6th 2012 -
I was in Starbucks the other day buying my usual tall hot chocolate, extra hot, with cream, when I decided to do something a little extraordinary. There were amused faces, surprised voices and bemused smiles… I’d like to think that I’m a pretty generous person. I like to buy my friends’ coffees when I can and I enjoy being able to...
Jul 5th 2012 -
‘You are not your job. You are not the clothes on your back. You are the words that come out of your mouth, so speak up and speak of love’. An arresting glimpse of truth amid a sea of beer, sweat and skinny jeans. The tattooed words were scrawled across the right shoulder blade of the topless shaven-headed guy in front...
Jul 4th 2012 -
‘No, not many’ was the dismissive phrase offered when I asked the church leader on the phone if they had any final year youth heading to university this year. For the hundredth time, my heart sank. ‘Not many’, he said. ‘Not enough that you’d be interested’, he meant. When I chance upon a youth worker or church leader who is a parent...
Jun 28th 2012 -
I have the right to do anything. But perhaps not everything is beneficial? I have the right to do anything. But perhaps not everything is constructive, not everything builds you up, does it? As a student, away from the life we had at home, we can “do anything”, with new levels of freedom than ever before perhaps. When it comes to sex, I’d say the “right to...
