Reflecting on a year working at SCM

On her last day in post, Lizzy reflects on her time with SCM over the past year.

TBH, you're not welcome here

In this blog, SCM member Honey Harrop explores the importance of churches being honest about their LGBTQ+ welcome from the outset. Check out our new Honest Church campaign at honestchurch.org.uk.

The Beatles - The Fool on the Hill

I hope you've enjoyed the Everyday Theology blog series. Under my authorship at least, this will be the last one! Together, let's explore if "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23 NRSV). 

STUDENTS CALL FOR CHURCHES TO BE HONEST ABOUT THEIR WELCOME OF LGBTQ+ CHRISTIANS

The Student Christian Movement have launched their new campaign, ‘Honest Church’, this weekend at the Greenbelt Festival. The campaign calls on all churches to be transparent about the welcome that LGBTQ+ people receive in their church, asking church leaders to reflect on what they teach, imply and model with regard to LGBTQ+ people.

Statement on Greenbelt

SCM responds to Greenbelt's decision to platform speakers with transphobic views.

Elizabeth Fry – A Life Lived Through Faith in Action

In this blog, Lizzy explores the life of Prison Reformer and staunch Quaker Elizabeth Fry and the way in which she represented a brilliant example of someone who constantly put their faith into action. 

On Small Resistances and Powerful Reconciliations

Katri reflects on the Bonhoeffer in Berlin trip. 

John Denver - Sunshine on my Shoulders

With the recent hot weather, what better to talk about in this Everyday Theology blog then ecological theology and our environmental world. 

“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. 

Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way

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?”