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About 30 years ago I'd been on a trip to Israel, which was wonderful, and on the trip back home it was really busy on the train from Reading; our group was split up and seated all over the train. I was very tired because we'd had a very early start a...

I’d always read the Bible every day. But I was in a job that was all about following the money. Eventually, in a job like that, people become frustrated. Then, in 2011, I was in Kenya attending a conference. There was a break for reflection. I came...

Ephesians is a letter that's been compared to a sermon – it's so full of deep thinking about the implications of the gospel for the daily life of the Christian.

Long Xinrong used to walk nine hours to preach the gospel in China, until his prayers were answered and Bible Society supporters provided him with a motorcycle

Before the coronavirus outbreak, I came out to New Zealand, because I’d won a two-month writing scholarship. I’d wanted to do this for years. I feel pretty safe here, but, now there’s the chance to get a flight home. If I don’t take it, I cou...

‘A verse that's meant a lot to me recently is Matthew 5.14, “You are the light of the world.” In July 2021 we were on holiday in Yorkshire – my husband, my son and daughter and my son's friend. My son, who's 18, became really poorly and we to...

The day I came down with the coronavirus was a bit shocking really. I had done a set of nights at the hospital and started to feel a bit rotten. I thought it might be the cycle ride I had done. Maybe I’d overdone it. I woke up the next morning and ...

I was an oil trader. I was working 12-hour days, getting home late. Most days we would meet up with someone and we would go out in the evening. I was drinking a lot in pubs. It was all about the entertaining, trying to do the deals. It was a high-pre...

My dad died very suddenly. He was a warehouse manager and had an accident at work. The week before, I’d been reading Philippians. I remember reading Philippians 4.8 which says, “Fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve pra...

Both my parents were alcoholics and publicans. Church never featured at all. But I started singing at school when I was 11 and then was asked if I’d like to sing in the local church choir. I spent so much time on the streets trying to avoid being a...

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 ti...

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‘In 2003 I went to Uganda. I was treasurer of a charity and I went to visit the work I'd been supporting. I had never been abroad before and never gone on a long-haul flight so it was a major event for me, more so because a few years previously I'd...

When one of my sisters died in a plane crash I read the Bible. I couldn’t deal with the grief. She was in Nepal and the plane flew into the side of a mountain. Everyone onboard died. She was so funny and wanted to enjoy things in a way that some pe...

I love the story of the wedding at Cana in John 2, where Jesus turns water into wine. It really demonstrates the humanness of Jesus in a very strong way, that he chose his first miracle to make people happy. He's slightly peevish with his mother, you...

I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. Within ten days of going to the GP I was having surgery: a lumpectomy to remove part of the breast. I was working full-time with a mixed class of four-to-seven-year-olds in a village school. My head p...

‘I was born in London but grew up as an army kid. When my dad left the army we went to live in Dorset. I loved sport and had a very happy childhood. I'd been baptised at 17 but I wasn't really converted. I did English and PE at Chester Uni and went...

We are delighted to be taking part in the Gather Movement Summit in Manchester on 21 and 22 June. And, we’d love to see you there.

‘In April 2018 God gave me Psalm 37.3–4, “Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” I shared this with a friend who said, “How exc...

I started a community café a few years ago. I felt like this was what the community needed. I felt it was what God wanted me to do. I’d never wanted to open a coffee shop. I’d never even drunk much coffee. But the vision for it came from 1 Peter...