Last week, I attended Contagious, a Christian youth camp, which I’ve been going on since I was 14 and I’m now a leader on. The theme this year was Spiritual Warfare. It’s one of those subjects that’s often happy hunting ground for weirdos: a subject much loved by eccentric televangelists and paranoid fruitcakes. So it […]
On Contagious, we wrote letters to ourselves in our small groups reminding ourselves of what we learned, which one of the small group leaders took to post to us half-way through the year. I’d forgotten about this, until a letter arrived for me with the address written in my own handwriting. I opened it up, […]
Continuing typing up my notes of the talks from Contagious 2007: The Resurrection, with the second talk which was given by Jonty Alcock. 2: Jesus the Living Sacrifice (John 20) “It is finished” cried Jesus on the Cross. But when we see so much evil and suffering in the world, what is finished? Is it […]
I haven’t updated my blog in a while, but I’m going to try and get back into doing so more regularly, including typing up some of my notes from Contagious 2007: The Resurrection. I’m kicking off with the first “Big Teach”, which was preached by Ian Fry. MP3s should be on the Contagious website at […]
I’ve just got back from Contagious, the Bible-centred youth conference. It was amazing, and I’ll write more about some of the talks and seminars and stuff soon. The theme was the Resurrection, and while there I wrote and performed a poem on that theme, “inspired by” John Donne’s sonnet Death Be Not Proud. Death Be […]
Well, 2007 is upon us, and this is my last evening at home before heading back to Cardiff. 2006 was an interesting year: I think I learned a lot, often the hard way, so it was a bit tough at times, but full of good stuff too, and I think I’m now more at peace […]
Continuing a list of 21 things that I’m thankful for… 14. Doctor WhoI’ve waxed lyrical about Doctor Who before, and few things have shaped my imagination more. I love the collision of the fantastic and the everyday, the triumphs of ambition over budget (and occasional endearing defeats!), the sense of humour and optimism in the […]
I’ve recently got back home from Contagious 2006: The Cross. Contagious is a Christian youth conference for 14 to 19 year olds – not so much a holiday as a Bible boot camp! I went to Contagious’s very first year back when I was fourteen, and have been back every year since then. This year […]
This morning I got up in London, and by 11 am was breezing off the train, strolling across the road and into my first lecture of the day back here in Cardiff. Isn’t our transport system wonderful? I went across to London for the weekend to see some very wonderful and lovely people from Contagious […]
I’m currently procrastinating from packing all my stuff for university. I leave tomorrow morning, so everything is rather frantic! I had a great time over the weekend. I went to stay with my very good friend Luke, who was baptised on Sunday. I had a lift from another friend, Stephen, and there were also lots […]