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Remembering The Dead – Changing Public And Private Practices (Podcast)
If anyone is on the pulse of where we are at in terms of levels of religiosity as a nation it is Linda Woodhead, who made the journey across the Pennines for this year’s Hook Lecture to scrutinise recent changes in the nation’s funeral arrangements and then make...
Re-membering – A Wild City Reflection
Shaeron Caton-Rose reflects on a Wild City Retreat at Left Bank in Burley. Our City Retreat went urban this Sunday, moving its usual venue to Left Bank, a deconsecrated and beautiful church building on Cardigan Road. Surrounded by terraced houses, a scrapyard, petrol...
How Can We Find The Peace Which We Claim?
Over the summer I have been reading Jonathan Sacks Not in God’s Name (Hodder 2015). The book is concerned with the relationship between religion and violence. The backdrop is the seemingly relentless acts of terror committed by individuals and groups claiming they are...
How would you like to be remembered?
‘I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.’ Isaiah 49: 15-16 God doesn’t have a brain yet we believe God fully remembers us. God’s memory doesn’t simply remember events or facts like some eternal icloud. God exists outside of time and...
Leeds Industrial History – a starting point for reflection
By Lawrence Cockrill Last CITYtheology, Simon Hall echoed the question ‘Quo Vardis?’ and asked us to think about where in Leeds Jesus might be calling us today. This was in our minds on the last stage of the Leeds Country way Pilgrimage when we climbed through Hunger...
True Stories From The Forests Of Leeds – Leeds And The Slave Trade
As part of our ongoing series True stories from the forests of Leeds, we’ve been looking back at some of the historical figures who helped to shape the city we live in. Today we’re looking at some of Leeds’ connections to the slave trade. We talk about William...
Where Are You Going?
By Simon Hall There is an apocryphal story about Saint Peter that continues to resonate down the ages. Peter is escaping the persecution of Christians in Rome when he meets the risen Jesus on the road. Jesus is heading into Rome as Peter is running away. ‘Where are...
How good was life in the past?
How good was life in the past? Deacon Jenny Jones I recall my Nanna saying ‘I can remember the days when you could walk from Southgate to Finsbury Park through fields’. (I’m showing my north London roots here). Now with the exception of a few parks the whole area is...
What are you looking for?
What are you looking for? Helen Reid There’s a character in Stories from the Forests of Leeds called the Bagman of Bagley. In the book, his story explores the idea of the baggage that we carry with us in life. “Look! The Bagman from Bagley. See how he struggles, what...
Following Jesus or Worshipping Christ?
The Revd Canon Kathryn Fitzsimons discusses Robin Meyers’ book Saving Jesus From The Church. Are you a follower of Jesus or a worshipper of Christ? This is the question at the heart of the book I was asked to bring to the Oakwood book club in June; Saving Jesus from...