Jun 1st 2012 -
Our guest blogger today is Matt Coombs, student worker at St Mary's London. He's an all round good egg. "Everyone knows that the student years can be the best of our life. They are key to forming who we are, but at the same time they throw up challenges and sometimes our relationship with God can take a backseat. For me...
May 30th 2012 -
“Hello, I’m Miriam, I just wondered whether you’d ever seen anything like this before?” That was my opening question as I shook the hand of the forty-something year old lady on the door of the auditorium. I was at a conference for church leaders and an extended time of worship and prayer ministry was going on at the front of the...
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...
