We had a chance this week to sit down for five minutes with our friend Ru Cullen, and we have got a treat for you – this gem has got some wisdom. Ru is an incredibly talented worship leader and musician – she has thrown herself full force into a life for God, and...
The People that you are Allowed to Delete from Facebook.
Facebook is something that has, annoyingly, played quite a big role in my life. I’ve had an account since I was a teenager, and I’ve managed to collect a pretty big, pretty random selection of friends over the years: from the people that I went to secondary school with, to friends from the various...
Psalm 1 (ish): The Psalm Series
You can read the NIV translation of Psalm 1 here. This is an interpretation. I am called blessed. For blessed is the one who holds on tight to God; in the sunshine and in the showers, amongst the shouts of celebration or the taunts of accusations. Blessed is one who does not listen...
How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth (or the way that we do it, anyway!)
I was sixteen when I first started going along to a Christian youth group, having never really been involved in Church, or had any kind of faith background at all. I’d started going along to a Sunday night youth group, and when they began a new Bible study in small groups, once I had...
How to Be There for Your Friends.
A little while ago, I wrote a blog post about how to do long distance friendships well: as I have grown up, I have come to treasure the people in my circle who are really around for the long run. There is such value to be found in these friendships that we are really...
Mental Health and Faith: Let’s Talk About It
We’ve had a bit of a focus recently on mental health: it has been amazing to share some experiences from our lovely friends, and to be a part of this ongoing and growing conversation around mental health. As we said in our first post on the topic, mental health – literally the health of...
Let the Morning Bring Word of Your Unfailing Love, for I Have Put my Trust in You.
Every now and then, I land for a couple of days in the town that I grew up in. My parents are there, and all the families of the kids that I went to school with; while the kids of my generation have pretty much all grown up and moved away for university or...
The 15 Year Time Machine (Things I Wish I Could Tell My Student Self) – Sarah Green
We’ve got a treat for you today friends. We’re hearing from Sarah: she’s a photographer, a musician, Mum to two beautiful girls, my church big sister, and she’s well and truly on team I Am. A couple of weeks ago, Sarah found some journals that she wrote just as she was becoming an adult...
We Are All an Achan – Joshua: Strong and Very Courageous (Part Seven)
We’re nearly there, friends; we’re almost on the home stretch – I have been loving exploring the book of Joshua, and seeing the way in which God called and sent out this amazing leader. There is loads that we can learn from Joshua about leadership, about calling, about God’s promises and about how He...
I Am a Recovering Anorexic, and I Love Jesus – Eleanor’s Story
In the process of tackling the subject of mental health and faith, one of the people who popped straight into my head was my friend Eleanor. Eleanor has an amazing story, and I’m in awe of the life she lives of faith and boldness in Christ – but Eleanor’s story involves massive struggles with...