{"id":3498,"date":"2020-12-01T13:10:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/?p=3498"},"modified":"2020-12-06T13:35:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T13:35:56","slug":"introducing-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/introducing-apply\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"

As well as working for a\u00a0publisher, I’m also\u00a0involved on a voluntary or bare-bones\u00a0consultancy basis with a number of other projects. This is one of the latter. I only work outside of work, paid or unpaid, on things I\u00a0<\/i>believe are good – so this is a recommendation, with full transparency that I was paid to give some advice and direction on the project.<\/i><\/p>\n

\"Apply\"<\/p>\n

Ever since I was a young person, and through some years where I was quite involved with youth work at my local church and in parachurch contexts, I’ve been conscious that we often short-change and patronise young people with the resources we produce for them. Dumbed down, easy answers, poorly packaged and often stapled together – I remember being really encouraged by the physical design of the ‘moleskin-style’ UNCOVER gospels that UCCF produced – the first ‘Christian’ product that I felt had a tangible quality that matched the content and didn’t get in the way of the message.<\/p>\n

I’ve also always had a passion to engage with the Bible – to see in my life and then lives of those around me the fruit of Bible reading. So when a mutual friend put me in touch with a trio of folk interested in producing a\u00a0good<\/strong> devotional resource for young people, I was simultaneously sceptical and intrigued. Three things got me hooked, though, and it’s been exciting to see the finished product come together:<\/p>\n