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Film club
Who doesn’t love going to the cinema, grabbing popcorn and being transported to a different place or time to experience a great story? The best films have the power to stir our imaginations and emotions, and resonate with us long after the credits have rolled.
Dizzy disciples
When we were children, my older brother had a large swivel desk-chair. One of our favourite activities was spinning our younger siblings as hard as we could on said chair, then laughing as they eventually tried to stand up and walk, clearly feeling disorientated from the relentless circling.
Back row buddies
Sitting on my bed during lockdown, things were not good and I was definitely not at peace with God. I lamented, ‘Can’t you just fix it, God, like a lightning bolt.’ Instead I distinctly remember being told, ‘Go to church’ – that was the last thing I wanted to do, as I hadn’t been involved in a church in years and I never was a great church goer even when I had.
Intentional in the everyday
We live in a world that seems to offer us almost unlimited choices, whether that’s what to eat for lunch, where to go on holiday or what series to watch this evening. Choosing takes time and, whilst it can be an enjoyable experience in itself, often it’s just another chore.
Isaiah 61 Person
As I read the start of Isaiah 61, I can’t help but wonder if this is true of me? I can see it clearly for those around me – but has the Lord anointed me to live my day-to-day life?
Living alongside people
Sharing an apartment or flat with others during our time at university is – for most of us – more a (financial) necessity than a deliberate choice. It gives us a glimpse of what community living can look like, but often it’s more living in proximity than intentionally living in community.
Two life-changing principles I learned from the Navigators
It was one of the lowest moments of my life. I was facing a dilemma at university that was forcing me to question the foundations of my embryonic adult life. I vividly remember screaming into my pillow in anguish one night before battling with sleep and waking up feeling more fragile than ever before.
Alongside us
My mom appeared to take seriously the verse about dwelling in the house of the Lord forever! Growing up in a university town in south-eastern Nigeria, from infancy we were in the university chapel for Sunday morning service, back again at 5pm for a follow-up class for…
Why people don’t get alongside others
“I don’t have anything to give that person. What would they be able to learn from me?” Many people have this sense that they aren’t quite ‘spiritual’ enough or ‘sorted’ enough to be let loose as an alongsider.
I had no idea being an alongsider could be so easy
I’ve been a Navigator for 30 years and spent many of those years in ‘professional’ outreach work, yet something was always missing. Getting alongside people who don’t know Jesus and helping others to do the same felt so difficult.
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