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Have you ever had one of those moments where you realise how weird a totally normal part of life is? Like, how weird is sleeping?! You’re purposely pretty much unconscious for 8 hours, bundled up horizontally with lots of soft things, and most of us have to be in the dark. Glorious, but weird. What about with your faith? There can...

Over the last couple of months I have released twelve blogs* unpacking the key factors that contribute to students coming to faith in Jesus whilst at university in England today. If you've missed them, where have you been? They're all live and out there on this site so do make sure you've read them for a more in-depth look at...

Before I started university, I had a 7 week summer holiday. I had little to no experience with cooking meals, so my mum did the maths and worked out that there were 7 days in a week, 7 weeks in a summer, and therefore she could teach me a meal a week to ensure I didn’t starve or live off...

One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is the impact of Sunday preaching.* This final key factor in students coming to faith was one I hadn't expected. Turns out, our Sunday preaching matters! It’s not the most important thing in a student coming to faith, but it actually makes a real difference and three quarters of the students I...

You don’t need to be broken to be an actor When I was at drama school there was a toilet that was infamous for being the breakdown toilet. People would run out classes in floods of tears and you could be sure that they would have run up the stairs to the big toilet next to the library. I shed many...

One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is through mentoring. Mentors! You don’t need to label them as that, but there is still a consistent pattern of an older person of faith, whether in years or maturity, being vital in a student coming to faith and learning how to be a disciple.  This could have been...

The Fusion Manchester hub have been on the road recently. Edinburgh, Cardiff, Lancaster and Liverpool and further afield.. Our goal has been simple. To create space for groups of students to explore how their small groups might fulfill a mission. A mission that, on paper, looks impossible. To reach the thousands of students on their doorstep. Mark 1:15 “The time is fulfilled, and...