Jul 27, 2020 | Blog, Book review, Uncategorised
This is the greeting that came with 3 poems by Abdullah Adekola, reviewed by LCI’s Director, Dr Helen Reid, and Revd Tom Lusty, LCI member and Vicar at St Giles in Bramhope. 3 poems by Abdullah Adekola @adekolapoetry, is published by Bradical: a self publishing...
Jul 27, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
In the wake of the communal celebrations in our city on the promotion of Leeds United to the Premier League, Hannah Stone, our Poet Theologian in Residence, expresses her hope we can celebrate new forms of togetherness, reshaping our identities and recapturing joy, as...
Jul 20, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
Whilst walking in the Dales and coming across the window of the supposed smallest church, St Olaf’s in Wasdale, our Poet Theologian, Hannah Stone, asks us to consider whether there can only ever be one meaning to an event, text or situation. Can we practise...
Jul 13, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
In this week’s blog, our Poet Theologian Hannah Stone reflects on how Covid-19 has constrained our gestures and, in particular, how a steadying hand offered to a fellow passenger or a pat on the shoulder are embargoed, yet we rely on our own and other’s...
Jul 13, 2020 | Blog, Leeds Citizens
Leeds Citizens and Leeds Church Institute work together to employ a local Community Organiser, Becky Howcroft. In the second in a series of theological reflections related to the work of Leeds Citizens, Becky reflects on the importance of ‘stopping’ and...
Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
Our Poet Theologian, Hannah Stone, considers the urge to get creative in lockdown and considers whether the ‘new normal’ will be a place of greater creativity, be that physical, emotional or political transformation. At the start of lockdown I was...
