Words of Resurrection Hope from the Poor
In Luke’s Gospel, as Jesus is dying, the man dying on his right says ‘Remember me when you come into your kingdom’. As David Rhodes, author of Faith in Dark Places, points out, the man says when not if. And so he comments, “Jesus is allowed to die hearing on the lips...
Praying with minorities
Revd Roger Walton, Chair of West Yorkshire District, urged churches to remember Christians in Peshawar on Sunday. During service based around the parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin at St Chad’s Far Headingley this Sunday, we prayed Lord we give thanks that...
Exploring attitudes to death and loss
Exploring attitudes to death and loss might not sound like the basis for a good night out, but in fact it was. At the University of Leeds last night there was a performance by Ellie Harrison on ‘Etiquette of Grief’. It was engaging and entertaining, and caused me to...