A Pursuit of Humility
I am someone that has spent far too much of my life concerned with what others think of me. I have too often made decisions on the basis...


Peace Which Surpasses Knowledge
I was brought up in a Christian family and as a consequence for a long time used to think that I didn’t have what other people called ‘a...


Healing and Freedom
TW: self-harm and eating disorders. I was 18 and in my second to last month of aftercare when it happened. Although I’d grown up in a...


Commitment Issues
There is a poem by John Donne called ‘Batter My Heart’ which speaks about Donne’s experience of knowing and believing in God, but being...


Are You There?
During my first year at Oxford, I thought I was doing pretty well. I was cruising into a distinction in prelims, I was set up to run a...

