Blogs

Kept in Precious Love: Finding True Rest in God

By Ruth N on 17 Jul 2018

Debbie shares how illness forced her to stop placing her worth in academia and instead define herself and her rest in God. 

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The Good Place? Bonhoeffer and Christian Ethics

By Emma on 10 Jul 2018

What does Bonhoeffer have to do with The Good Place? Quite a lot as it turns out! In her latest blog Emma compares the ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Chidi Anagonye.

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Discipleship: Deepening Faith

By Ruth N on 27 Jun 2018

SCM’s third aim is Deepening Faith. For the next installment of the SCM Discipleship series we asked our Members to share the ways in which they deepen their faith that aren't the usual suspects.

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Discipleship: Celebrating Diversity

By SCM on 26 Jun 2018

Discipleship is the new number-one focus of the United Reformed Church, with the tagline ‘Walking the Way: Living the Life of Jesus Today’. This focus might look different in the diverse contexts of the local church. In the Church of God, however, which is called to move towards God’s realm of justice, peace and reconciliation, diversity is key to discipleship. So what does diversity in discipleship look like? Alex Clare-Young explores this in the final blog of the Discipleship series. 

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Emma's Diary: New Beginnings

By Emma on 26 Jun 2018

Emma has been with SCM as Regional Development Worker (North-East) and Faith in Action Lead (try saying that five times fast!) for a month now. In her first diary blog she shares what she has been up to and let's us in on more of what her role will entail in the future.

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Rach's Reflections: Discipleship

By Rach Collins on 18 Jun 2018

Rach joins in with discipleship month to add her own reflections with a bit of help from Simon Peter and Jonah.

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Existence Anew: Bonhoeffer and Discipleship

By Emma on 14 Jun 2018

In her first few weeks as Faith in Action Lead, Emma has been exploring the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the call to discipleship. 

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Discipleship: Seeking Justice

By Emma on 13 Jun 2018

In the next installment of our discipleship series Emma Temple, SCM's new Faith in Action Lead (and North East Regional Worker), looks at the aim Seeking Justice and how she believes that fits in with the journey of faith. 

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Discipleship: Creating Community

By Rob_C on 13 Jun 2018

In a society like today where we are somehow always connected we seem to be at the same time very disconnected. We know about everything that is happening on the world stage but not much about our next-door neighbour. So, what does community look like in these times? And how do we 'do discipleship' in it?

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Discipleship

By Ruth N on 12 Jun 2018

What is discipleship, and how does it fit in with SCM's four main aims?

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