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Kat Thomas is a student in Bristol and goes to church at Pip N Jay. She writes here about their recent student weekend away. "If therefore there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same...

This week's Guest Blog is from Rachel Bevan, who works for Church For Students in Sheffield. Rachel emailed us to let us know what they've felt prompted to do, and wanted to know whether others from across the nation have been doing the same? On the 30th November 2011 we grasped hold of a vision: a vision to see revival spread...

Unique, cool, quirky, individual.  Four words to describe yourself? In Brighton, where I was on Tuesday, the streets are laced with the alternative. Student culture in that artistic, creative city is all about the “cool”, and being different is the aim not the fear. Little boutiques and one-off businesses thrive as 30,000 students pass through the lanes in search of hidden...

“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.” (Job 2:3) There’s a strange dichotomy when it comes to my parents’ compliments.  On the one...

I am no good at small talk; I prefer to get straight to the interesting part of a conversation. Consequently, taxi journeys can be pretty agonising.  Sometimes, I am tempted to get in and say, "Let's be honest, neither of us really want to talk about the weather, where I have been and what it was for. Nor do we want...

Our Guest-blogger this week, recent graduate Hollin, is speaking up against ignorance in favor of grace, in our Uni societies and beyond... At university I was never a member of any societies, I remember signing up for a kid's theatre company at Fresher's Fair, never going & still receiving emails in my third year. However, one of the beauties of university is how...

I went for a walk at the weekend in the cold countryside around where I live. As I was walking the sun was setting and the view looked stunning. It’s one of my favourite things to do, just getting outside and crunching through the icy leaves without any distractions or agendas, just letting myself take it all in. As I walked through...