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‘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...

‘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...

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...

I recently went for a walk through a woodland area near my house. The sun was punching its way though the leaves, there was a cacophony of birdsong and I could smell the woodchip under my feet.  All of a sudden, a nearby fence sparked as if it had been electrocuted and the sky roared a deafening crack of thunder. It...

Guest blogger Rachel is a student about to graduate, who had an interesting chat with a friend that is worth sharing and debating... what do you think about this? “If Jesus was here today, he’d want a cup of tea with me; I don’t doubt that. Be more like Jesus dudes”. This is what my gay non-Christian friend from uni, a pastor’s daughter, says...

It actually makes me feel a bit emotional when I look down the list of over ninety names and comments from those who sponsored me last week. I can’t quite believe it. Nearly one hundred people gave over one thousand pounds to support school leavers in the massive and crucial life-shift from home to university through Student Linkup. That’s a whole...

Consider me available. These were the words the young adults pastor spoke as he welcomed a group of nervous sixth formers to their first University Challenge session at a London church last night. 'I'm your point guy if you need to be in touch, if you get into trouble at uni, if you need to talk through something – nothing will shock...