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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...
Hook Lecture 15 Q and A Audio – Fragile Creation by Frances Young
Hook Lecture 15 Audio – Fragile Creation by Frances Young
Saturday People, Sunday People
Tuesday 19th January, 2-4pm at Leeds Church Institute, 20 New Market Street, Leeds, LS1 6DG. LCI Perspectives event-as part of an outreach programme to other communities, Makor, the Jewish cultural centre, offers a talk titled 'First the Saturday people, then the...
Lunchtime Conversations: Arthur's Call
A journey of faith in the face of severe learning disability by Frances Young. Tuesday 1st December 12.30-14.30. Session led by Dr Helen Reid. A light lunch will be provided, please book (for catering purposes) email [email protected] or phone 0113 391...
Who Chose the Gospels?
Who Chose the Gospels? We asked the question in order to probe the ‘Great Gospel Conspiracy’. There is a school of thought, which we see in popular culture by such things as the The Da Vinci Code but supported by some academics such as Elaine Pagels, William...
Looking after creation… 6 things to do before breakfast
In a fantastic talk by Ruth Valerio of A Rocha, we were given an excellent Biblical basis for caring better for our world. We were then asked to consider what we can do to make intention into reality. Here are a few ideas to get you going in the morning…. Go outside....
Entering the Cloister of Creation
“Entering the Cloister of Creation” by Pippa Woodhams It was a cold, grey, damp morning in June. A Wild City Retreat group had come together to enjoy summertime and discover new insights about ourselves, God and the natural world. The picnic didn’t happen, we stayed...