Oct 17th 2011 -
And the winner is....Alan Taylor from Ivy Manchester. His fantastic student mission story is below. He has won the FireBible and £15 Starbucks vouchers. But he decided to add £10 to the card and pay it forward so the competition rolls on. So I now want more great student mission stories and you will win a FireBible and £25 Starbucks voucher!...
Oct 15th 2011 -
Ever get sick of your own voice? Chat to any of my friends and they’ll tell you I can talk for Britain but sometimes even I get fed up with my own voice. I can waffle on and on putting the world to rights. Yet there is a point where I either have to start living out some of my ideas...
Oct 13th 2011 -
It was the obvious song choice to enter church to, right? On Sunday we had loads of students walking through the doors of our church, many of them returning from the summer break, but most of them freshers, in search of a new home. It’s not often you hear the number one in the current UK charts, blasting out from the front...
Oct 12th 2011 -
Last week I heard a powerful description of Gen Y (the generation including those currently in their last few years of school). James Lawrence said that, broadly speaking, Gen Y value choice over commitment. How heartbreaking. Yet he’s so right. I’m sure you’re already recounting individuals or situations where that description rings through. I believe this generation is afraid of commitment –...
Oct 10th 2011 -
Can you touch your nose with your tongue? I once knew a boy who could actually pick his nose with his tongue. He was an idiot and a very good friend. I like people who can do stupid things. The bible has a lot to say about the tongue and what you can do with it. Admittedly, it says nothing about...
Oct 7th 2011 -
As we career at breakneck speed though the first couple of decades of the 21st century we are overwhelmed with knowledge and information. When God gave the command to humanity in Genesis 2:17 to live in glorious freedom and avoid the tree of knowledge he knew that we were not designed to ‘see’ good and evil. Humanity incurred a double judgement,...
Oct 5th 2011 -
So it all begins again. Your year 13s have flown the nest, and now your wide eyed 16 and 17 year olds are about to embark on their last year of school life. This evening I felt led to the story of Gideon as I thought about what to share with you youthworkers. It’s a story (like so many in the Bible) where...
