Hope Expressed Through Gentle Activism: led by Anna Bland

Hope Expressed Through Gentle Activism: led by Anna Bland

As part of our series exploring Hope throughout Lent for Leeds Lent Prayer Diary 2021, in partnership with Leeds Christian Community Trust, we welcome Anna Bland, Development Officer at Leeds Methodist Mission, Revd Madeleine Andrews, Supernumerary Methodist Minister...
Reflections: A Poet Theologian in Lockdown Leeds

Reflections: A Poet Theologian in Lockdown Leeds

In April 2020, poet Hannah Stone was invited to become poet theologian in virtual residence for Leeds Church Institute, charged with writing an uplifting and empathetic weekly reflection on the impact the Covid-19 lockdown was having on the communities of Leeds, using...
Becky Cherriman’s poem “Morality Tale”,

Becky Cherriman’s poem “Morality Tale”,

Becky Cherriman’s poem “Morality Tale”, published in the anthology And The Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology available here, is a prophetic poem and read by the poet herself with a pace and tone that emphasise the powerful ache of the words. “As a...