Dec 19, 2016 | Blog, christian
LCI director, Helen Reid, challenges us to hear children’s voices this Christmas. Anne Richards, an advisor for mission theology in the Church of England, has written a great book on ‘Children in the Bible’. It was shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize. It...
Dec 16, 2016 | Blog, christian
Author David Rhodes tells a story that bridges the centuries. The scene is familiar. A young woman is giving birth to a child. She and her people live in a land ruled by oppression and fear. A foreign invader has overrun their country. Everywhere there is injustice...
Dec 14, 2016 | Blog, christian
LCI member, Pete Gillions, looks to the stars for wisdom in our understanding of theology. As city dwellers, our view of the night sky is poor, obscured by light pollution. The dimmed stars that we do see are often obscured in another way. Our culture’s thick...
Dec 12, 2016 | Blog, christian, Courses
LCI Council member, Revd Simon Hall, reports on speaker, author and theologian Michael Hardin’s visit to LCI and asks the question “How did Jesus read his Bible?” I spend a lot of time debating on Facebook. Probably not hours every day, but certainly...
Dec 8, 2016 | Blog, christian, Hook Lecture
Dr Rachel Muers, Senior Lecturer in Christian Studies, and Deputy Head of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds, examines the challenges of community and diversity int he aftermath of the Brexit vote. Questions about cultural, racial and religious...
Dec 1, 2016 | Blog, christian
Wisdom on the Way was the title for a short reflective series this autumn, convened by Leeds Church Institute and Leeds Christian Community Trust to support people working in urban communities in Leeds and beyond. The aim was to develop a small community of learning....
