Nov 30, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
Our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence, Hannah Stone, considers the start of Advent and shares her Christmas carol to ‘stir up’ our advent reflections. As we’re now in Advent, I’ve just missed the correct time to write about Stir Up Sunday, where secular...
Nov 23, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
At this dark time of year, half way through the second lockdown, we need some ‘light at the end of the tunnel;’ what a ‘light’ the news of a vaccine is! Coincidentally, many world religions celebrate festivals of light round now. For Hindus, the celebrations of Diwali...
Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorised
Leeds Citizens and Leeds Church Institute work together to employ a local Community Organiser, Becky Howcroft. In her latest theological reflection, Becky considers how tension is something that we have to learn how to use in an effective way, something that we need...
Nov 16, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
At this time of year we call to mind the departed, especially those who died in warfare, and normally we’d see people out and about wearing poppies, both the red ones associated with the poignant flowering on Flanders fields, and also white ones encouraged by Quakers...
