SCM's blog

“You don’t need to feel sorry for me – but you DO need to accommodate me”: a provocation for Disability Pride Month

Shanika has written for SCM in the past about her experiences as a mentally disabled student who can’t attend church. This blog rehashes some of that story, focusing particularly on how her disability arose in a church setting and how the wider Church struggles to understand and respond to this uncomfortable fact. 

Clinging on: PTSD and faith

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

Book Review: While the Earth Sleeps We Travel

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

Called To Be... Feylyn's Discovery

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. 

Called to Be: Emilia's Journey

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.

Called to Be: Vocations Resource

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. 

Pure exhaustion: the Queer Christian Experience

SCM member Honey Harrop shares their experience as a Queer Christian.

These Are Our Bodies Too: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Explained

What’s at stake in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case and what could the consequences be for women’s rights in America? 

Ministry Experience Scheme

Ian Grant-Funck shares his experience of the Church of England's Ministry Experience Scheme