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 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...
Jun 29, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
As lockdown eases, our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence, Hannah Stone, shares her own fears and concerns and asks us to consider, as we acclimatise to the outside world, how can we practice trusting that God does indeed ’know the way for us’? So, lockdown...
Jun 22, 2020 | Blog, Poet theologian
This week our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence Hannah Stone considers the mutuality of support; honouring the need we have for each other at a personal level, as well as the symbiotic relationship of institutions and organisations. Last week, the big news...
