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It’s our final week of the Spiritual Rhythms Challenge. How did the Daily Examen go for you? Do you feel like your soul got a chance to breathe as you recognized the ways God intersected with your days last week? We’re wrapping up the challenge with one of my favorite new rhythms – Lectio Divina. Lectio Divina was first established by...

I am an introvert. I gotta say, I like the idea of spending time on my own. Seeing a free evening in the diary often brings a feeling of freedom. For my extroverted friends, an empty day in the diary often brings a feeling of emptiness. The idea of ‘solitude’ may seem wonderful or terrifying depending on how easy you...

With deadlines and exams finished, students are now trying to answer the question, "what's next?". This question can be both exciting and terrifying, but Hannah, a career advisor at Lancaster University, shares her experience as students navigate their next steps.  Let’s be honest, we all want a BANG, ‘I am God and I want you to do this job my child’...

In the midst of lockdown many student workers have found themselves furloughed. This has proven to be a time of both challenge and encouragement for those in this position who are involved in student ministry. Here Lois, student worker at Holy Trinity Leicester, shares her reflections and experiences on Furlough. Kicking off this academic year I didn’t expect that I would...

In the midst of lockdown many student workers have found themselves furloughed. This has proven to be a time of both challenge and encouragement for those in this position who are involved in student ministry. Here Sam, student worker at Ivy Church (Manchester), shares his reflections and experiences on Furlough. Lockdown and furlough can be summarised for me in one word: grief. I am...

For Christians starting university this year, finding a church to be part of will make a huge difference to the quality of their university experience, wellbeing and calling in God. There will also be lots of students open to trying church for the first time and exploring what faith in Jesus is all about. Now is the time to start...

So much of the university experience rises and falls on the friends you make. The good news is everybody is looking for friendship and God has people for you to journey with. Start praying now into what God has in store; the friends who will become friends for life, the friends who really need your friendship and the friends for...