5 ways to avoid the post-festival blues

As the Christian festival season draws to a close, Emma Fowle reflects on how to keep those fires of faith burning bright when you return to the real world of work, school, laundry and normal, everyday church

It is just over a week since Creation came to an end and I staggered home, exhausted, after another four days which I would (again) describe as some of the best, most challenging, tiring and yet inspiring of my life.

I’ve been involved in this thing that pops up, against all odds it seems, in a field in Cornwall now for almost 15 years. I am deeply passionate about the role that such events can play in the lives of individuals – especially young people – as a place where they can find community, encouragement and a thin place; where they can hear from some of the best and most gifted preachers, teachers and evangelists who carry an anointing and bring something of God’s prophetic voice for the here and now.