May 28th 2012 -
A friend said to me recently “I’m so angry about all the injustice in the world. It’s making me question whether God really cares, if he is there at all.” When I asked him what he was doing to tackle the situations that grieved him so much, he looked surprised. “Nothing. What can I do?” This sort of response is not...
May 24th 2012 -
Who’s loan is it anyway? Your student loan is borrowed money so it’s not really yours, right? Student= skint? You can’t go setting up standing orders to your church, you can’t sponsor a child, you can’t be outrageously generous with the money in your account... because it’s not really yours to spend. Is that true? I certainly held that view until my second...
May 23rd 2012 -
Jonah was sent to Ninevah, Daniel wrestled with the cultural challenges of Babylon, Ruth arrived in Bethlehem an alien. Time and again God calls his people into strange lands, and for me, June marks such a journey. I’m off to spend 90 hours on campus. No more will I lie upon a comfy (ish) sprung mattress – no, I shall be on...
May 21st 2012 -
People do stupid things. In 1964, Randy Gardner stayed awake, without using stimulants, for 264 hours (eleven days). In 2010, a Swiss freediver called Peter Colat held his breath underwater for 19 minutes and 21 seconds. In 2004, Ilker Yilmaz squirted milk from his eye at a record-breaking distance of 9 feet, 2 inches. People do stupid things and we love it! When asked why they decided to do such...
May 18th 2012 -
Guest blogger Andy Cope is campaigns officer for the SPEAK Network. He inspires us to be activists in the church, and we think this is well worth a read... “I just wish there was something beautiful we could believe in, that would give us hope and wouldn’t let us down” she sighed, verbalising the mood shared by some of the other students slouched...
May 17th 2012 -
“Only those who are prepared to go too far can possibly know how far they can go” is a great quote from a chap called Ernest Hemingway (google him). I don’t think he was talking about drinking when he said it, but weirdly, I’ve heard almost that exact phrase said about “knowing your limit” with alcohol. I was with a bunch of...
May 16th 2012 -
‘Oh, yeah, I could do that!’ This was the surprised response of a second year student as she sat in my office this afternoon. She is enthusiastic, creative and mildly obsessive about all things Royal. I had just suggested she organise a Jubilee celebration for our church community this summer. To me it seemed like the most obvious thing in the...
