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I started uni determined to become a fashion photographer. Nottingham was a three-year stopgap to get trained up before heading to London to land a contract with Vogue (obviously). Three years later, a degree under my belt, a bunch of industry experience, a few exhibitions and some live commissions you would have thought I was ready to hit the ground running...

Where you meet as a church is really important, because you are changing the lives of many people in the community and neighbourhood. You are preaching, praying, singing songs of praises to the God who called us to be a light in the dark and the salt of the world to transform the lives of many in our community and...

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 I absolutely love this verse because it speaks of God’s creativity, goodness and his purpose for our lives. We are the handiwork of God and before we were even born, He had already prepared a lifetime of...

Going from training at drama school to working for a Christian mission organization isn’t everyone’s obvious next step. I became a Christian in my second year, and I discovered I absolutely loved sharing my faith, I wanted all my coursemates to experience the love of God, to know that they had a purpose and that they were created on purpose! I realized...

“This is how they get you, I know how this works, they ply you with beer and then chuck Jesus at you” Walking up the hill to New Community Church Hannah, a third year theatre design student, was pretty skeptical about going to Beer and Carols. She’d grown up in Church and decided it wasn’t for her, she knew how this type of...

Last summer marked ten years since I graduated from university. The adage of uni being a time of significant formation has been undeniably true in my life. So much of who I have become and am becoming is connected by a thread to that season. However, as I reflect on this, what is increasingly clear to me is how that time...

"You are beautiful. You are loved."   These are the words that I have spoken over my friends so much these past months, as I am struck by how little they feel loved and beautiful. Words I’ve spoken when they’ve tried to back down when they are called to step up. Words I've spoken when they felt empty due to their lack of...