Exploring Theology | Student Christian Movement

Doing Discipleship ‘Differently’?: Queer Love as Discipleship

11 Mar 2025

This blog acts as food for thought to those Christians (lay or otherwise) who have LGBTQ+ Christians in their midst. I hope that, by sharing some of my thoughts on this, it will become clear that queer love can be a form of Christian discipleship and that this is not something we – as the wider...

Book Review: Lectio Divina by Barbara Birch

10 Mar 2025

This pocket-sized book focuses on giving its readers a clear understanding of the practice of Lectio Devina, its historical use in Quaker practices and how Christian communities have embraced it as a method of exploring scripture in their own context. The author aims to explore how this practice...

Book Review: Simple, Generous, Open by Charlotte Gale

10 Mar 2025

A must-read for anyone with a passion for ministry, Simple, Generous, Open is equal parts memoir and manifesto for change. Charlotte Gale takes readers on a captivating journey, seamlessly weaving together personal stories and powerful reflections on how St Clare’s at the Cathedral, a...

What is Discipleship? Lent 2025

5 Mar 2025

We hear the word ‘discipleship’ a lot within our faith. You may have heard it yourself at a church gathering, Bible study, or just in conversation. What does this really mean? What is discipleship, and how do we be disciples?

Discipleship is more than a theological concept, or complicated...

The "Sin" of Empathy and Bishop Budde

11 Feb 2025

It’s the day after Inauguration Day in the United States. Many of Washington’s powerful (and rich) are packed into Washington Cathedral for the National Prayer Service, listening to Bishop Mariann Budde, when she ends her homily by addressing the new President himself. She pleads for mercy for...

Bonhoeffer: The Harlem Renaissance, and the Black Church

28 Jan 2025

In 1930, Bonhoeffer arrived in New York to study at Union Theological Seminary. He arrived in Harlem during a time where there were two contrasting events taking place. The first was the Great Depression, which was a time of great economic hardship across America. In Harlem, which was a majority...