Latest Posts
‘Is it too late to stop climate catastrophe?’
Jen Walper Roberts, a leadership coach and member of the Jewish community in Leeds, considers this question in conversation with her friend Nili Simhai, Director of Outdoor Education for Abundance Farm https://www.abundancefarm.org/, and reflects on the idea of giving...
Treasure
We are delighted to hear poet Rachel Flint read her poem 'Treasure', published in the anthology And The Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology available here . In an earlier conversation with LCI Director, Dr Helen Reid, Rachel talked about her inspiration for...
In It Together
In this week's blog, our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence Hannah Stone reflects that we are no longer at a stage where Covid 19 is everything to us because other events and issues are impinging on our consciousness in lockdown. Modern modes of communication...
Climate Change: Have we left it too late to act?
As we continue with our short podcasts that consider this question, Dr Stefan Skrimshire reflects on what we mean by that and asks in return "...too late for what and for whom?" Stefan goes on to reflect on what it means to act justly in a time of radical uncertainty...
An Aroko for David Oluwale
Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and Archbishop of York, John Sentamu have responded to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Monday 25th May 2020. “Recent events in the United States of America have once again drawn public attention to the ongoing evil...
Silence is no longer an option: Black Lives Matter
Church leaders from across our city, including Leeds Church Institute Director Dr Helen Reid, have written an open letter that says 'Silence is no longer an option: Black Lives Matter ' following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, America. "As...
Entertaining Angels
Hannah Stone, our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence, is reminded of the Letter to the Hebrews, 13.2: "Do not neglect to entertain strangers, for some thereby have entertained angels unawares" and invites us to write and share a Haiku in the comments box in...
Climate Change: Jewish texts and Jewish tradition
The question a lot of people have been asking is, have we left it too late to act against Climate Change? Is the world set on a course for destruction and there is nothing we can do about it? In the first in a number of short podcasts that will consider these...
A Chosen Generation
Hannah Stone, Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence, has been thinking about choices and asks "Does being 'chosen' by God make any of our human decisions easier, or more straightforward"? This week, I’m thinking about choices. In the panic buying just before...
South Leeds community organising through Covid-19: an initial reflection
Leeds Citizens and Leeds Church Institute work together to employ a local Community Organiser, Becky Howcroft. In the first in a series of theological reflections related to the work of Leeds Citizens, Becky witnesses to some of the good things emerging; a new...