Blogs

Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

By Alana on 6 Jul 2022

For this Everyday Theology blog we'll discuss Lenny Kravitz's 90's song in which he sings about the coming of a messianic figure who has just one question to ask the people he meets:  

“Are You Gonna Go My Way?” 

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Clinging on: PTSD and faith

By SCM on 21 Jun 2022

SCM member Honey Harrop shares their experience of PTSD and faith. 

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Book Review: While the Earth Sleeps We Travel

By SCM on 21 Jun 2022

Young refugees reclaiming their narratives and discovering the power of storytelling in a moving collection of poetry, stories and art. 

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Refugee Week: What is it, why do we celebrate it and why is it so important – especially this year?

By Lizzy on 20 Jun 2022

Founded in 1998, Refugee Week is a week-long UK-wide festival celebrating refugees that takes place every year in June. In this blog Lizzy explains what Refugee Week stands for, why she loves it, and why this year more than ever it is so important to celebrate the refugees living within our own communities. 

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World Refugee Day

By Alana on 8 Jun 2022

In April of this year The Nationality and Borders Bill was passed in Parliment. This will impair refugees' ability to enter the country legally whilst putting them in more danger if travelling illegally. Some aspects of the Bill are also designed to undermine the rights of refugees and asylum seekings already living in the UK.

What do you think we should do?  

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Called To Be... Feylyn's Discovery

By SCM on 6 Jun 2022

Feylyn is a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex. She reflects on how she has listened to God calling her through the people around her, and seeing God at work in the highs and the lows. 

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Called to Be: Emilia's Journey

By SCM on 30 May 2022

For the first vocations story from our Called to Be resource we hear from Emilia. Emilia has a degree in motorsports and now works for a luxury car company. She reflects on the choices she has made working in a field that has contributed to projects she believes go against her faith.

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Called to Be: Vocations Resource

By SCM on 30 May 2022

The idea of vocation, within church contexts, is now mostly used to refer to becoming a church leader or religious minister. But it is so much broader; it is about our journey as disciples in whatever direction God is leading us. It is not only about what we do, but how we live and who we are called to be. 

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Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone

By Alana on 24 May 2022

For our next Everyday Theology blog, we discuss the fear of death and judgement according to scripture and some of society. 

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More in Common? Culture wars, Populism and the Prime Minister

By SCM on 23 May 2022

Britain may be less divided than we think…

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