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Thank Yous – from Hannah Stone, our Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence
LCI are delighted to announce the appointment of Hannah Stone as Poet Theologian in Virtual Residence. About Hannah Hannah has lived in Leeds for 30 years and in 'normal' circumstances facilitates a number of local poetry events within the community as well as...
Poet Rachel Flint shares her poem Treasure and talks of the importance of poetry in her life
This is the first in our series shining a spotlight on the poets of Leeds who contributed to ‘And the Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology’. About Rachel LCI Director Dr Helen Reid spoke to Rachel Flint, a poet and lifelong resident of Leeds who lives in...
Faith Based Universities and COVID-19: A Time to Dig Deep for our Moral Compass?
Dr Ann Marie Mealey, Senior Teaching Fellow and Ethicist – Leeds Trinity University and co-chair of one of LCI’s partners, Leeds Citizens. Ann Marie reflects on the impact of Covid-19 in universities and specifically asks what does a person-centred approach look...
BOOK REVIEW: “To Be Like Jesus” by Revd Dr Daniel M. Mwailu
Revd Olasupo Ogunyinka Revd Supo reviews a book that covers many aspects of Christian discipline and explores the various attributes and disciplines necessary to be like Jesus, backing them up with passages of scripture. We are taken on a journey of spiritual and...
And the Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology
“This brilliant anthology is a celebration of Leeds, its cityscape, its people, its problems and potential, its shadow and its light. The poems here construct a vision for the city that helps us be truthful about what is but hopeful and unapologetic about what yet...
“This is treasure”. Dr Helen Reid’s talk from the launch of “And the Stones Fell Open”
This podcast, recorded at the launch of "And the Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology as part of Leeds Lit Fest 2020, is from our own Director Dr Helen Reid. "At Leeds Church Institute, we talk about seeking the treasure that is in Leeds. This book certainly...
A Good Death: Revd Tom Lusty reflects on ministry spent as a hospice chaplain in the context of Covid-19
Revd. Tom Lusty, LCI member and Vicar at St Giles, Bramhope reflects on ministry spent as a full-time hospice chaplain in the context of Covid-19. At a Lent lunch I was once given the remit, “Jesus: Anguished and forsaken”. Unfortunately the publicity went out as...
Climate anxiety, what can we do?
By Anna Bland, Development Officer, Leeds Methodist Mission Climate Change is on many people’s minds and in the headlines at the moment. The schools strikes, Extinction Rebellion’s activities, Greta Thunberg, as well as councils, universities and other organisations...
Leeds Faith in Schools
This week’s podcast features Ben Lawrence, Team Leader at Leeds Faith in Schools, who talks to us with enthusiasm about the opportunities and realities of their work in being good news to the high schools of Leeds. Leeds Faith in Schools now works across approximately...
Revd Shona Shaw’s reflection from the Leeds Lent Prayer Diary Launch
In our latest podcast, we hear from LCI Council Member, LCI Chaplain and Co-Minister for Moortown Baptist Church. Revd Shona Shaw reflects on the meal in the home of Mary and Martha in Bethany before we all shared the delicious food provided by Shine to celebrate the...