The Hook Lecture

The Hook Lecture

The third Hook Lecture at Leeds Minster was given on Thursday 14th November by the Revd Giles Fraser on the theme ‘Original Helplessness.’ Dr Fraser is a lively and engaging speaker and the event was enjoyed by the 175 people who attended. Dr Fraser told four very...
Mary and Martha Meet

Mary and Martha Meet

Second Friday of the 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. At LCI, we have the idea for this, but please help us to shape it. Respond to...
Getting Ready for ministry in Yorkshire

Getting Ready for ministry in Yorkshire

The Yorkshire Ministry Course Council Away Day began with a biblical reflection. The marks of the church in Antioch (Acts 11: 19-30) were seen as attentiveness to the Spirit, experience of grace and support and exchange between church communities. After the biblical...
Words of Resurrection Hope from the Poor

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...