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The black, white and grey of City Winter
The black, white and grey of City Winter: Sometimes our retreats end up with experiments in paint. This time one trial with black and white 'splodge' artwork ended up looking very like birch trees in winter! The colours echoed what I'd seen myself earlier in the week:...
Seeking God Outside Our Camp – A Reflection on the Hook Lecture
Seeking God Outside Our Camp – A Reflection on the Hook Lecture For the 2016 Hook Lecture (originally planned to take place last November), Lord Bhikhu Parekh discussed the role that religion plays in today’s multicultural society. Lord Parekh has helped shape the...
Lunchtime Conversations – Body
Tuesday 7th March 12.30-2.30 at LCI Body:Biblical spirituality for the whole person by Paula Gooder. Session led by Abbie Palmer. A light lunch will be provided, please contact [email protected] or phone 0113 391 7928 to book a place.
Pilgrimage Round Leeds… Fifth Wedge
Bright Lights and Waders: What keeps us walking the Leeds Pilgrimage? “The shared experience of friendship, intention focused on pilgrimage” “You never know what’s going to happen next!” “You feel more of our history in the countryside. In the city it is often covered...
Hook Lecture Audio and Video – Religion and British Public Life (Podcast)
For the 2016 Hook Lecture, (originally planned to take place last November) Lord Bhikhu Parekh came to Leeds to discuss the role that religion plays in today's multicultural society. Lord Parekh has helped shape the British understanding of multiculturalism and is now...
Pilgrimage Round Leeds December
The fourth wedge of LCI’s Pilgrimage round the Leeds Country Way walked from Barwick to Swillington, around the west side of the city boundary. We have walked almost half way round the city in four months! I am beginning to get a greater feel of pilgrimage, as it...
What might you learn about the meaning of Christmas #2016
LCI director, Helen Reid, challenges us to hear children's voices this Christmas. Anne Richards, an advisor for mission theology in the Church of England, has written a great book on ‘Children in the Bible’. It was shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize. It didn’t...
An Advent Reflection on a Mother's Pain
Author David Rhodes tells a story that bridges the centuries. The scene is familiar. A young woman is giving birth to a child. She and her people live in a land ruled by oppression and fear. A foreign invader has overrun their country. Everywhere there is injustice...
Look at the stars. See their beauty. And in that beauty see….
LCI member, Pete Gillions, looks to the stars for wisdom in our understanding of theology. As city dwellers, our view of the night sky is poor, obscured by light pollution. The dimmed stars that we do see are often obscured in another way. Our culture’s thick...
Can Jesus Save the Bible?
LCI Council member, Revd Simon Hall, reports on speaker, author and theologian Michael Hardin's visit to LCI and asks the question "How did Jesus read his Bible?" I spend a lot of time debating on Facebook. Probably not hours every day, but certainly minutes....