“We can do no great thing just small things with great love” – Mother Teresa Earlier in the summer I spent at couple of weeks helping out as a counsellor at a Christian teen camp (Beaver Cross) in Albany, New York. Myself and on of the other counsellors, who shall be known as Cassie (seen […]
Category: Life
Exam Results – don't worry!
It’s that time of year when thousands of people across the country start worrying about the exam results they are about to receive (as though worrying at this point will somehow change what has already been printed on the results sheet…) Maybe you are waiting on A level results to see if you can get […]
Stained Glass Masquerade
Casting Crowns wrote a song ‘Stained Glass Masquerade’ about how, in general, Christians are very good at disguising how they are. We don’t like to admit our weakness, out of fear that others will look down on us. We live thinking we are the only one going through whatever we are going through, that no-one […]
If today was your last day
My best friend gave me the best advice He said each day’s a gift and not a given right You might have heard Nickelback’s latest song, ‘If today was your last day’. Personally I am quite a fan. It is all about what you would do if you knew you wouldn’t have another chance at […]
Whisper Hope
Sometimes God speaks through unlikely sources. We expect to be spoken to at Church, during quite times, at the big youth events, but on a plane, listening to Snow Patrol? Not quite so expected. But there I was, on a plane to Nice for some Halloween sun, re-reading Rachel’s Tears and listening to Snow Patrol’s […]
Legacy
On her song Legacy Nichole Nordeman poses the question “Will I leave a legacy, how will they remember me?” I have just left my secondary school. And as is customary we embarked on a couple of end of school pranks to be remembered by: there was a guy/girl uniform switch which was pretty funny with […]
Fit
There are parts of the Bible that it can be a real struggle to read through and get anything out of. Leviticus is a great example. Over the past couple of weeks I have been reading it as my daily Bible reading plan has instructed me to. And for much of it, I’m not going […]
Ambassadors of Christ
In 2 Corinthians 5:20 Paul calls us to be Ambassadors of Christ. But what does that actually mean? An ambassador for a country lives in a foreign country, showing everyone who lives there how amazing his home country is. “So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us.” 2 Corinthians 5:20 We are who people look […]
Nailed to the cross
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.” Galatians 5v24 At Good Friday we traditionally reflect on the cross and the suffering Jesus underwent on it for us. On the cross he was “pierced for our transgressions” (Isaiah 53v5 TNIV) He has […]
Let's Be Going
Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.” … He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. […]