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Procrastination prayer

8 May 08

Exams seem to turn your brain to mush. Most of the students I see at the moment seem to be muttering strange formulae about quarks or defining Hegelian phenomenology or something equally useful. While of course we want to encourage you to work hard…we all know that procrastination is an unavoidable part of the revision process. So why not turn...

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Free to choose

1 May 08

“With freedom comes responsibility.” Eleanor Roosevelt

In December, Exeter university CU regained their right to meet as a normal student group. This right was suspended by the student union after a student complained that they could not sign the statement of belief. The CU was accused of contravening the Equal Opportunities Act and had to take their case to the European...

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Hope Academy - final countdown!

24 April 08

Come and hear the finalists and make your vote count on May 10, 2008 at the Emmanuel Centre, Westminster, London. Your opportunity to make your voice heard!

Five months of creative arts and compassion and we’ve seen God’s blessing poured out beyond our wildest expectations. Each musician has come with their own story about God’s work in their lives, and...

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Darren's marathon effort!

17 April 08

So what were you up to at 10 o’clock on Sunday morning? In bed? Travelling back to uni? On your way to church? Not Darren – he was queuing up with 35,000 other people (including Scooby Doo, James Bond and a talking telephone) in anticipation of the starter’s gun!

Yep, all the training and all the fundraising paid off, and...

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Fearless love

10 April 08

We often hear the phrase ‘religion and politics don’t mix’. Former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell reinforced the suspicion with which many in Britain regard those who have faith when he said, “The public might have been less willing to give Tony Blair the triumph of three consecutive general election victories if they’d known the extent to which ethical...

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Love one another

4 April 08

One of the best holidays I’ve ever had was when my friend and I went on a budget road trip. Two of us, a 2CV, a tent, a rubber dinghy and a crate of food (sounds a bit like The Life of Pi without tigers). It was an awesome trip, and easily the cheapest one I’ve ever had!

But then...

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