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Names are important. They identify exactly who is being spoken to or about. Without names we would just be making general remarks into the void. The other day I was having a coffee with a student that I mentor. He was telling me about how he was struggling to lead his friend to Jesus. They had interesting God conversations fairly regularly...

How is it that our biggest weapon and our most powerful tool, has become our last resort?  Our culture offers  whole plethora of 'answers'. We have a whole multitude of options available to us when it comes to need. Need money? - ask family,  take out a loan or apply for a credit card. Sick? - go to the medicine cabinet, the doctor...

Is it just me or does the Christian call to ‘be in the world but not of it’ often seem to teeter dangerously close to fostering a sort of split-personality approach to life?  We want to be relevant without losing our distinctiveness; we want to be distinctive without being culturally inconsequential; we want to uphold purity without retreating to withdrawal. ...

Discussions and challenges to bring life and faith together, to help you see God in everything you do. The Whole lyfe zone is about making the invisible presence of God visible in everyday life. God manifests himself in his creation, even in the midst of mundane activities, whenever and whenever we invite him.     Jesus is the fullest expression of incarnation – becoming...

Isn't there something comforting about the term 'Business as usual'?  Everything is happening as it always does, as you would expect. Lectures, planning summer holidays, nights out, the same old banter and tensions. Nothing too exciting, nothing too awful - predictable and comfy. So on the one hand, I like it. Life throws at us all sorts of challenges, twists, turns and...

I like it when my colleagues go on holiday. They might not be pleased to hear this, but I do. Why? Because when they return - they bring sweets.  As a result I have just eaten so many M&M’s I feel a little sick. Not to mention the number of Hershey’s kisses I 'had' to consume to make a firm decision on...

I’ve been working out of our church office recently and on my morning walk, I’ve noticed a lot more students around than I usually see. And they’re not walking back from nights out, they’re fully dressed and carrying piles of books: it must be approaching deadline time.   Deadlines can be all consuming, time suddenly speeds up, your focus narrows, all your...