‘Will anyone like me?… Will I make any friends?… Will I be lonely?’ Having these thoughts run through your mind, and the fear of loneliness is entirely understandable! It happens because of the realisation that friendship and companionship are good, and loneliness is bad. So how do we handle life when those thoughts overwhelm us?

as you move from one season of your life to another, I wonder how you feel about the change ahead? Perhaps you’re excited by it, ready for a new challenge. Possibly you thought you were ready for a significant change in your life, and now, as you stand on the precipice, you’re wondering how you will cope. Perhaps, like me, change petrifies you, and you’re now all too familiar with the feeling of panic washing over you. Whatever it is you’re feeling, if you are to face change well, you need to be able to answer this question: How do we walk by faith, not by feelings, through the churning waves of change?

Feeling overwhelmed by exams? Here are three tips to tackle exam season as a Christian.

As you think about starting university as a Christian in 2022, maybe you are worried that you’ll look like an alien in Hollywood films. Perhaps you’re not that funny-looking, but in being a Christian, you’re afraid you’ll not ‘fit in’ to the university culture around you? Maybe you’re worried that people on your course will be suspicious of you when they hear you’re a Christian because they’re not sure your views are ‘good’ or ‘safe’?