This blog is in a series on the future of student work. Mark Ellis Director of Christian Unions Ireland (CUI) has written this guest blog. Jesus didn’t step into a normal world. He stepped into this world. He was born during days of upheaval. He grew up in days when ‘give us this day ourContinue reading “Choosing to enjoy uncertainty – student ministry in lockdown”
Tag Archives: COVID19
The future of student work
Over night, due to the pandemic, 1.6 billion students across the world were temporarily out of education in March. To add to this disaster the HE sector in the UK spends less than 3% on digital infrastructure (this is far behind many other sectors). What impact has this had on the future of the University?Continue reading “The future of student work”
The Joys of Sleep
This guest blog is part one of three posts by Bill Merrington As a therapist, I always begin with two simple questions. First, how is your sleep? Secondly, do you eat breakfast? In counselling, you can talk around all kinds of emotional and psychological problems, but if a person is running on empty fuel withContinue reading “The Joys of Sleep”
Caring for people experiencing loss and grief
This blog post comes from Francina de Pater A beautiful book (in Dutch) about this was written by Belgian Prof. Dr. Manu Keirse. He says: “It is not the passing of time that has a healing effect, but the expression of grief over a period of time, and the support one finds in others. OneContinue reading “Caring for people experiencing loss and grief”
Decluttering in lockdown? When I’ve lost so much already?
This guest blog is from Gwen Montgomery Early in the days of Covid19 lockdown, like others, I had a lot of concerns, particularly as we are away from home on a sabbatical in Vancouver. The worst times for me were those days when things were changing fast, every three hours it seemed, as decisions toContinue reading “Decluttering in lockdown? When I’ve lost so much already?”
Finding Freedom: Domestic violence
This blog post has been written by a guest contributor who has elected to remain anonymous. Trigger Warning: Alcoholism and domestic abuse To all the men, woman and children in domestic abuse settings during lockdown searching for hope. Dad* was drinking again. As per normal, he went to my sister’s room to verbally berate her.Continue reading “Finding Freedom: Domestic violence”
Having a go at sharing hope
Our guest blog comes from Tim Dennis. For other blogs in our online evangelism series look here. The adventure started about 4 weeks ago… ‘I’m stuck at home, and I’m missing people— friends we laugh with as we stand on the sideline, freezing and watching our lads play football; the pals who make me waitContinue reading “Having a go at sharing hope”
Our biggest guest event outside Christmas and baby thanksgivings
Our guest blog is from Rich Pitt Two and a half weeks ago, someone asked me ‘should we do some evangelism during lockdown?’ and I laughed and said ‘how?!’. We are now a few days after our first Questions In Crisis Sunday and are frantically plotting our follow up Alpha course. God is good. Here’sContinue reading “Our biggest guest event outside Christmas and baby thanksgivings”
Finding beauty in the COVID-19 chaos
Our guest blog comes from Sophie Tresidder Where are you seeing glimmers of beauty in lockdown? For me, it’s been in the daily walks, seeing the blossom trees and the golden hour light. The total joy of being able to have meals al fresco. I’ve found myself longing for the next opportunity to get outsideContinue reading “Finding beauty in the COVID-19 chaos”
Three Lessons from Iran for COVID-19
Our guest blog comes from Jamie Haxby Stripping the Church In Iran, the church is growing at an extraordinary rate in what is most likely the greatest awakening in all of history. They have no centralised organisation, no bank accounts, no buildings, no official recognised status. On top of this, the majority of their leadersContinue reading “Three Lessons from Iran for COVID-19”
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