May 3rd 2011 -
Right, now here’s a tricky question for you. Could you love a murderer? I have a philosophy: ‘To be known, is to be loved’. To know one is to love one and you can only love as much as you know. Recently I found myself musing as to whether there were exceptions to my rule. Could there be people who are...
Apr 28th 2011 -
Jonny Middleton, a student worker at Bethshan church in Durham, has set up a company working to promote great music and change the whole industry by operating with God's Kingdom values. He says... "Picture a music industry that is built on the person of Jesus. Picture an environment that reflects the diversity of God's character and out of which flows music that...
Apr 27th 2011 -
Discovering ways to share and be the Good News of Jesus Christ The Word lyfe zone focuses on three areas – being immersed in the Word of God, sharing faith and getting to know Jesus better. God’s great message to humanity is that all can be redeemed and restored to its intended design. This is the message embodied in Jesus himself, rooted...
Apr 26th 2011 -
Waiting is hard. If you've been following Masterchef you will have seen bakers crouch eagerly at their ovens, watching their creations transform. All impatient for the moment that the alarm buzzes and they can nervously face the scrutiny that awaits. It’s all in the baking! If we were to skip the process, or even shave off valuable minutes or in some cases seconds, then...
Apr 25th 2011 -
In the summer of 2000, Kate Middleton was preparing to leave home for St Andrew's University. The autumn of 1995 saw Chris Martin, lead singer of Coldplay, packing his bags for University College London. A nerdy looking Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, was gulping at the thought of his first day at Harvard College in the September 2002. The guys starting university...
Apr 21st 2011 -
This Thursday, we’ve got another short excerpt from the upcoming ‘University: The Big Challenge’ resource. I've been working on getting it finalised and ready to print. When I was reading through it, I came across this passage: “Don’t copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you...
Apr 20th 2011 -
An article in the Daily Telegraph the other day laid an interesting proposal before the general public – the ‘Ten Steps to Happiness’. These steps - giving, relating, exercising, appreciating, trying out, direction, resilience, emotion, acceptance and meaning – are supposedly those things which, if included in your lifestyle, lead to the happiness which so many in our culture lack. So close, I...
