Cinderella ministry

Claire Povey  |  Features
Date posted:  1 May 2009
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I wonder how David felt as he stood in Goliath’s shadow, slingshot in hand with just five smooth pebbles? Pure fear?

The full realisation that he was puny and the one he was about to fight was a literal giant? No doubt he should have been petrified of what was in front of him but he knew the saving power of God behind him.

Welcome to the world of Further Education

The giant: postmodern; multi-faith or secular ethos; no CU posters going up on the wall please; peer pressure; friends; lecturers; rolling lunchtimes; provision for Ramadan but permission refused for a Christian Union; closed doors to church and Christian workers wanting to support a Christian group in college.

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