Three years ago a massive iceberg broke off the vast Antarctic ice shelf. It was so enormous that it was stuck there. Until last year, when it began spinning and then drifted away into the southern Atlantic.

Within the Clark family, Róis saw herself as the wild child and her brother (the only young Christian she knew) as the goodie two-shoes. Yet, by the end of uni, she felt a lonely longing for more than hedonism could offer her.

Our decision to come here was difficult. A huge leap of faith! My husband and I were born and raised in Kenya and we moved to the UK six years ago to do my Master’s in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship and to work.

In this festive season, we sing of peace on earth, but it can be hard to tune out the background thrum of anxiety. Jolly music everywhere tells us, ‘Let your heart be light’, ‘May your days be merry and bright’, ‘Peace on earth, can it be?’ – only sometimes adding the honest subtext of ‘If only in my dreams’.

I bumped into a friend whom I hadn’t seen in years. It was good to catch up on family life and reminisce about our student days, yet amidst the halcyon memories of our early 20s, there was one that stood in contrast from all the others. It was our shared experience of unemployment.

Maintaining intentionality in the midst of so many competing demands for our time and attention isn’t easy. Here are four ways of doing so.

Shei-Lin wouldn’t have chosen Leicester but, thanks to those who walked with her through hard times, this is where her roots have truly grown.

What if the decline of the church in the West is not its death knell but part of its rebirth? Could the pain and conflict we’re experiencing be the birth pangs of a church moving from one epoch to another?

Can you really influence generations to come? Isaiah 60:22 brazenly promises, ‘The least of you will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation.’ Brian introduces the ‘smallest man’: Ron.

I feel pretty confident in saying that the majority of us, as humans, are carrying some negative words and names in our hearts! It may be from negative comments or from someone behaving in a way that communicates negative feelings about us.

I met Jason in my second year at university. The summer before, God had opened my eyes to the reality that everyone I knew was going to spend eternity with Jesus or apart from him. Right away, I started to make plans of how I would share the gospel with friends, family and new classmates.

We are living in a critical time for our nation and the church. Many things people have previously placed their hope in seem to be crumbling before their eyes. Political instability, cultural upheaval and economic uncertainty all bring fear and anxiety into the everyday lives of people.