Grace Stewart's blog

Right, SCM. I have a confession to make.

I did a lot of interfaith work at uni. Countless discussion groups and panels and multi-faith services for different events.

A lot of us really struggle with silence. This isn’t entirely our fault: silence, stillness, and rest can be hard to find under the capitalist urge to keep working and doing and consuming. Self-care, while it has a place, is also largely centred around doing things rather than just resting, and is still often tied to the idea of ‘self-improvement’.

Content Warning: This blog contains discussions of death and grief and allusions to domestic violence; reader discretion is advised.

I kind of like going to funerals. I find them calming, and hopeful, and a good chance to catch up with people you haven’t seen in ages. I know that’s weird; it’s only one of many weird things about me, but it is weird nonetheless. It makes people uncomfortable, when someone doesn’t react to death in the same way they do.

Between now and January, Naomi and Grace will be looking at three broad themes in our Faith in Action work. One of these is ‘Finding the Divine’. 

Our new Project Worker Grace shares her connection to a faith lived out through action.