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Guns and Deck Chairs

Guns and Deck Chairs        by David Rhodes The prize for the world’s worst Christmas card must surely have been won by a United States congresswoman. The card showed her in a family group with her husband and children. What made the picture shocking was that each...

Passion4Leeds

Imagine the events of Holy Week happening in Leeds in 2016. It would be all over social media, something perhaps like this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltjFSg7TjiM&t=53s Passion4Leeds is a project of the Leeds Church Institute, Network Leeds and LCCT As part...

Leeds Lent Prayer Diary 2016

A Network Leeds Project Launch Event Thursday 28th January, 7.30pm at Leeds Church Institute, 20 New Market Street, LS1 6DG Book now at prayerdiary2016.eventbrite.co.uk.  

Violence Against Christians by Terrorists

Together We Must Defeat Religiously Motivated Violence By Qari Asim Imam, Makkah Mosque Leeds @QariAsim As we exchange seasons' greetings at this time of the year, we reflect upon the critically important Christian-Muslim initiatives that have taken place over the...

L is for Lifestyle, P is for Pilgrim

L is for Lifestyle, P is for Pilgrim By Stroma McDermott This September at LCI, we launched our new Autumn/Winter programme ‘People’s Pilgrimage Leeds: Theology and Action around Climate Change’ to coincide with events taking place nationally as part of the run up to...

City Limits? The Promise of Boundaries for a Better Leeds

City Limits? The Promise of Boundaries for a Better Leeds It is the nature of city life to push limits. In one sense, a city is a town that has burst its limits and become something new. Globally we are seeing the rise of the city and the mega city as populations...

An Ode to the Motor Car

AN ODE TO THE MOTORCAR by Kemi Ilori In vain they tried to tire you with tax Your tyre rolled over their wits You made a kill of their Achille’s heel They need taxes for public services! In vain they raised the smoke Screen of pollution, their hole in the skies Their...

Hook Lecture 15 Audio – Fragile Creation by Frances Young

Revd. Professor Frances Young came to Leeds to tell the story of her life with her son Arthur, and how his life has shaped her journey of faith. Arthur has been severely disabled from birth. Frances talked of how the trauma, distress and delights of being Arthur’s...