Chapters 6-12 of Joshua cover some of the battles that the Israelites faced once they had begun to move into the promised land; years of battles in a few brief chapters. It’s one of those tough parts of the Old Testament with a lot of violence and a lot of bloodshed – but in...
Tara’s Story: Coping with What You Can’t Control
Last week we joined the conversation around mental health. Mental health is such a giant topic, especially with young people: 75% of diagnosed mental illness in the UK took root before the age of 18. We know that there is a massive stigma around mental health, and we want to be a part of...
The Purpose of God’s Provision is to Point to Who He is – Joshua: Strong and Very Courageous (Part Five)
Here’s an admission: I am a twenty-five-year-old girl, who totally fulfills the stereotype of knowing absolutely nothing about cars and being totally stuck when anything goes wrong with mine. There have been two particular cases when this has become painfully evident: one involved my engine giving up while on the second lane in on...
Why are we Talking about Mental Health?
Mental health – literally, the health of your mind – is something that we have been talking a lot more about in recent years; and it’s about time too. In the same way that physical health isn’t just limited to the times that you’re not feeling so great, mental health is a constant thing:...
Joshua: Strong and Very Courageous (Part Four)
Good stories, I’ve found, don’t happen by accident: great novels and movies are well designed, and they pull you into the plot. You care about the protagonist: you see the good and the bad in their character, and it makes you care about them – the things that happen to them have an impact...
Psalm 24 (ish): The Psalm Series
You can read the NIV translation of Psalm 24 here. This is an interpretation. My God is so big, so strong and so mighty; there’s nothing that He cannot do. My God is so big, so strong and so mighty; there’s nothing that He cannot do. The rivers are His, the mountains are His,...
Dropping Out of University: Pete’s Experience (Help! Am I on the Right Bus?!)
We’ve been chatting a lot recently about university – it’s the beginning of a new academic year, and a lot of us are heading of for new adventures. Last Wednesday we heard from Dee, who shared her story with us around going to uni. But university isn’t for everyone. I asked our friend Pete...
Joshua: Strong and Very Courageous (Part Three)
One of my very favourite things about the Bible (second to Jesus) is how many kick-butt women God sowed into His story. Not just women; but strong, real, unafraid, beautiful women, who become a part of the story in a massive way. Rahab is one of those women, and this is the part that...
Body Positivit-ish.
I get mocked by my friends quite a lot – a running theme in my life. “How to sort your life out, Heather-style,” they say: “give it a go; get it very wrong for a while, have your life fall apart for a little bit; pick up the pieces and then do it right....
My University Experience: Dee.
It’s be beginning of the school year again, and for lots of us, that means that it’s time to head off to university, either for the first time or for another year. If you are already there, we hope that you are LOVING the start of this year – but don’t worry if you...