When I worked as a church apprentice, one of my favourite things to do was to serve the older ladies in my church at their fellowship meetings. These were the women who held me as a baby. They had prayed… Read More »Being Involved in Church as a Teen
Your non-Christian friend asks you what you did this weekend and you have two choices: tell them about your family walk on Saturday or what you learnt at Church on Sunday. You’ve been having a class discussion and someone’s asked… Read More »PALS: How to Discuss Jesus with our Friends
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out I am brave, I am bruised I am who I’m meant to be, this is me” – The Greatest Showman When I lived… Read More »Where Can I be Accepted For Just Being Me?
1. Know that God doesn’t hate you Self-hatred is not God’s plan for your life. He is not calling you to focus on all the reasons why you’re odd or rubbish or stupid or shameful. He’s not waiting in the… Read More »How to Stop Hating Yourself
When I was 17, I ventured out with a group of my friends from school on a 6th year holiday. I had planned that the whole week was going to be spent relaxing by the pool or beach and enjoying… Read More »Finding Friends at University
“I take self-love very seriously. And I take it seriously because when I was younger, I wanted to change everything about myself… I didn’t love who I was. And the reason I didn’t love who I was is because I… Read More »Lizzo And The Self-Love Gospel
The feeling of loss If you were to ask me a year ago what my biggest fear in life would be, I would have said to have all the things I love in my life be taken away from me.… Read More »Student Reflections on Covid Disruptions
“I am not my hair I am not this skin I am the soul that lives within“ – India Arie Am I my body? Is my body me? It may sound like an odd question, but I think many of… Read More »Why We Need To Regain a Biblical View of Our Bodies
There’s so much information out there, so many books and resources, podcasts and shows which shout at us to be read or watched or listened to. Living in a world that is in information overload and saturated with people’s opinions… Read More »Ten Books For Your Shelf: Christian Teens
Adding another string to your bow I’m the kind of person who is always trying to do things better, I’m always reviewing and self analysing. Striving for better is good but what does that look like in a time of… Read More »Making the Most of Lockdown