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Being Christian in a City of Different Faiths
It was time well spent at the Away Day for Chaplains at the University of Leeds. We created a map of Leeds showing faith diversity, related social and economic factors, faiths as represented in the media, and our questions about how to live well together. The...
A guide to Sikh Chaplaincy
Book Launch with author Dr Satwant Kaur Rait Tuesday 3rd December At LCI Arrivals from 5:45, for 6pm start Hear from the author... Discuss the interconnections of healthcare chaplaincy and the Sikh faith... Enjoy our hospitality: Scones and Samosas. Please let us know...
Mary and Martha Meet
Second Friday of each month, 10-11.15 at LCI For parents and carers with their young children. An opportunity for adults to explore theology and the city, while the children play. A creative space for the roles of ‘Mary’ and ‘Martha’ to meet. Email...
Love Leeds and Facts
Tuesday 26th Nov 12-2:30 at LCI. Lunch provided Join with others to pool different perspectives and statistics on Leeds, so we can explore what more we can learn about our city. Christians involved in mission have used statistics about neighbourhoods in Leeds to...
Words of Resurrection Hope from the Poor
In Luke’s Gospel, as Jesus is dying, the man dying on his right says ‘Remember me when you come into your kingdom’. As David Rhodes, author of Faith in Dark Places, points out, the man says when not if. And so he comments, “Jesus is allowed to die hearing on the lips...
Faith in Dark Places
In Luke’s Gospel, as Jesus is dying, the man dying on his right says ‘Remember me when you come into your kingdom’. As David Rhodes points out, the man says when not if. And so he comments, “Jesus is allowed to die hearing on the lips of a total failure the only word...
Praying with minorities
Revd Roger Walton, Chair of West Yorkshire District, urged churches to remember Christians in Peshawar on Sunday. During service based around the parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin at St Chad’s Far Headingley this Sunday, we prayed Lord we give thanks that...
Exploring attitudes to death and loss
Exploring attitudes to death and loss might not sound like the basis for a good night out, but in fact it was. At the University of Leeds last night there was a performance by Ellie Harrison on ‘Etiquette of Grief’. It was engaging and entertaining, and caused me to...
My Muslim Neighbour
Last night at Ripon Cathedral, Prof Tahrir Abbas asked “Why do we need a whole lecture on ‘Getting to know my Muslim Neighbour’?” He answered his own question succinctly, as follows here, and then in detail, in the lecture In UK society we need to know more about...
Giles Fraser: Hook Lecture 2013 at Leeds Minster
The 2013 Hook Lecture will be given by Giles Fraser, priest-in-charge at St Mary’s Newington in south London, former canon chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, columnist for the Guardian and frequently Radio 4 contributor. The lecture is entitled Original Helplessness...