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'I was made redundant from a job presenting and reporting at ITV West in 2009. We knew it was coming. But when you actually stop and drive away from a newsroom having presented your last bulletin, that’s a bit of a wrench.

It was a very difficult time. That was when I ended up working at Bible Society as a press officer: something I’d never done before.

What helped me at that time was reading the story of Peter walking on the water to Jesus. I saw that, at some moment, you’ve got to get out of the boat, you’ve got to step out. Peter stepped out in faith and he lost his nerve a bit.

I’d learned to tell stories in a succinct way in TV newsrooms. Now I could use those skills, but step out of my comfort zones.

Reading that passage reassured me. It was very powerful.  When you’re a reporter, you’re always scanning documents to see if there’s a story in there for you. It makes you lazy. You can’t read the Bible like that.

You have to feel it. And what I feel is that Jesus’ life really spoke to me. It was who he was, what he was about. An MP I interviewed once said to me that Jesus was “the most compelling and interesting person who’d ever lived”. I agree with that. His story is so powerful.'

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