Blog: Students

Did you know that Taste + Aroma = Flavour? Taste happens in your mouth; we taste salt, sweet, sour and bitter.  But aroma happens in your nose.  If you eat some chocolate while holding your nose, you will just taste sweet and maybe a bit of salt. Then let go of your nose and you will get the real flavour of chocolate.  You need...

Last night I got into the bath at about 1am with a nice glass of The Balvenie 12 year old single malt after a long day. The combination of hot water, strong alcohol and reading really helps me switch off. I decided to peruse my bookshelf for an interesting read for the bath. I'm pretty good at starting Christian books...

On the way home from work, I ate a rubbish apple. I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that I had built up some level of anticipation about how nice the apple would be. I couldn’t wait. I love a good apple like the next man. But what I got was a flowery, tasteless, dry, disappointing excuse of a fruit. It should...

Obituaries usually pass me by without a flicker. But I stopped when I saw that John Barry had died. He was the composer of the well-known James Bond theme tune, among lots of other film themes.  Why had his death grabbed me more than all the others? It was not because he wrote great film scores. Not because he was a...

I am not in control. I am currently on a train to York. When I arrive, which hasn't happened yet, I will be over three hours late. My train broke, I was put on a coach with no air conditioning, was travel sick and missed a connection. I am not in control. Whilst on my nightmare journey I had a text from a...

One of the aims of loveyouruni was that we’d catalyse an ‘ideas explosion’: sharing stories and seeing them filter around the country to inspire and equip students in new locations. As part of the loveyouruni project, I visited a group of students from some churches in Cambridge. They already had some ideas, but were interested in learning more about club outreach...

Discussions and challenges on living with integrity, being the same person on the inside and outside The Real lyfe zone emphasizes the re-formation of our hearts so that we are able to respond appropriately to the challenges of life.     Holiness is about living from a pure heart so that we can function well in a dysfunctional world. Jesus was response-able – he...