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Lunchtime Conversations – Faith And Struggle On Smokey Mountain (Podcast)
This month Dr. Helen Reid leads the session on Faith and Struggle on Smokey Mountain: Hope for a Planet in Peril by Benigno P. Beltran "Smokey Mountain, the vast garbage dump in Manila has served for many years as an emblem of third world squalor. In many ways, it is...
Why is the Church so involved in the world of Education?
As Area Bishop and Chair of the Board of Education of the Church of England Diocese of Leeds, I am quite frequently asked this question, or something very similar to it. I find the form in which the question is asked to be very revealing, as it tells me a good deal...
One Beautiful Idea by Ian Adams
For weeks I had sat by the pool till late each night, the practice of a poet’s faith return each day to the source of it all but nothing moved as darkness fell. Tonight I watched again as the sun set behind the trees, and in the shadows’ rise and light’s slow cease,...
Photography and Spirituality with Thomas Jay Oord (podcast)
Theologian, writer and photographer Thomas Jay Oord joined us at St Chad's Church far Headingley to discuss What I Think About When I Think About God While I'm Walking And Hiking. Among other things Tom talked about trying to visualise the nature of God through...
Virtual Tradition
Ben Jones talks about how using new technology can help communicate Christian traditions to the next generation. As part of my work for Missional Generation, I spend my time working with young people to build confidence in talking about and sharing their faith. We do...
Kubo and the Two Strings and Holding Memories in Community
Rev Dr Steve Taylor writes widely in areas of theology and popular culture. This includes a monthly film reviews for Touchstone (the New Zealand Methodist magazine). Here is his review for October 2016. Recently I shared dinner with the man who gave me my first job...
Lunchtime Conversation – Hayley Matthews Discusses Journeys of Grace and Truth (podcast)
Revd Dr. Hayley Matthews joined us for our lunchtime conversation to discuss Journeys of Grace and Truth: Revisiting Scripture and Sexuality, edited by Jayne Ozanne. The book is a collection of essays from writers who believe that it is possible to be a biblically...
True Stories From The Forests Of Leeds – Woodbine Willie (podcast)
We joined Richard Butterfield and Rhoda Wallace from Leeds Minster to talk about Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, otherwise known as Woodbine Willie. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy was born and raised in Leeds, his father being vicar of St Mary's Quarry Hill. After some time at...
Abide With Me
Abide With Me is a comic, inspired by the commemoration of Candlemas, that explores some aspects of life with memory loss. Each comic tells the story of one weekend from a different perspective; a father who is suffering from dementia, his wife struggling to take care...
Creative Co-Creating: Combining theology and photography
A theologian. With a camera. Exploring nature. In the city. Those four elements introduce intriguing possibilities and enlightening experiences. I know, because I am that theologian-photographer. Making Photographs I say I “make” photographs. Good photography often...