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Be Excessively Gentle With Yourself

25 Apr 2019

A couple of months ago I led my local SCM group in an evening about stress. We closed the workshop by listening to A Blessing For One Who Is Exhausted from John O’Donohue’s Benedictus. In this blog I’m using some of those same words to think about stress and faith.

When the...

Hit Pause

17 Apr 2019

It's easy to believe that stress is a normal part of life. In some ways it is, but all too often in our modern world our stress far exceeds what can be considered healthy. In a backdrop of a mental health epidemic, what can be done to avoid the trap of stressful living?

There have...

A Community United: Thoughts from Wondering & Wandering

28 Mar 2019

Two weeks ago I gathered together with a group of fellow Christian students from across the country for the Student Christian Movement National Gathering, titled 'Wondering and Wandering'. The event saw students from across the UK from Glasgow to Southampton come to Hebron Hall near Cardiff take...

Refreshing Commitments: Studying

10 Jan 2019

I don’t know how you feel about getting back into studying after the holidays, but for me, at times, it can be hard. The first few days of attempting to get back into any form of routine are difficult, and it seems to take an age to get anywhere with anything vaguely related to work. Here are...

Advent Waiting: Carpe Deum

6 Dec 2018

Advent is Christmas season in the world outside. Lights are appearing in the streets and houses outside, Santa’s hired some new staff for his mailroom and the debates over who is hosting have a new sense of urgency. Our secular Christmases do not so much start on the 25th December as they end....

How (Not) To Prepare For a Year Abroad

26 Sep 2018

I’m naturally super anxious, so having everything prepared puts me (at least a little bit) ease. I’m moving to France in a week and the topic of preparation has come up a lot recently. Quite a few friends have already moved abroad for the year, so my time seems to be coming round very quickly! I...

Embracing the Unexpected: Finding Community at University

21 Aug 2018

If you’re off to university in September (congratulations!), you might have heard something like this from several lovely and very well meaning youth leaders, ministers, vicars or parents: ‘When you get to uni, make sure you get involved with other Christians on campus and find a good lively...

Preparing For University

9 Aug 2018

‘Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.’

- Proverbs 24:27

Good preparation for university will lay a solid foundation to build up your proverbial house, filling it with knowledge and...

Supporting Stressed Students

24 Apr 2018

You may be realising that numbers have started dropping off for events and meetings, students are less willing to talk to you and some have fallen off the face of the earth entirely. You’ve also probably realised that this is because exams and deadlines are fast approaching; undoubtedly the...

Overcoming The Fear of Failure

24 Apr 2018

I sacrificed a lot to follow my dreams and move up to Leeds to study an MA in Theology, including the opportunity to undertake a doctorial level research program in Political Economy in Oxford and live, rent-free, with my girlfriend and her Mum. Instead, we would be moving up to a new city to...