Blogs

Finding the Divine in Death

By Grace Stewart on 29 Nov 2022

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.

"Dear Bishop X"

By SCM on 29 Nov 2022

SCM Member Phoebe shares a letter she wrote to her Bishop about equal marriage in the Church of England.

Advent and Activism

By SCM on 23 Nov 2022

Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Jesus at Christmas, and his coming again to make the earth new. It is a time to pray and reflect, and to discern where God is calling us to put our faith into action and 'make the way straight' for the Lord.

Interfaith is for everyone (but especially students!)

By Sophie on 8 Nov 2022

Sophie explores what Inter Faith means and why we need to be engaging in it.

Christ at the Picket Line

By Naomi Orrell on 8 Nov 2022

After years of austerity, a workforce battered by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ever-looming threat of the cost-of-living crisis, workers in this country are desperate for change. Naomi explores the theology of striking and suggests Jesus would be standing on the picket line.