City Limits? The Promise of Boundaries for a Better Leeds

Nov 23, 2015 | Blog, christian

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...

Entering the Cloister of Creation

Sep 24, 2015 | Blog, christian, Courses, leeds

“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...

Wild City Retreats Go WILD in the CITY

Aug 6, 2015 | christian, Courses, leeds

explore . expand . experiment Saturday mornings –  May 7th, June 11th and July 2nd 9.45am-1pm. Wild City Retreats in the Epicentre Rooms, Meanwood Valley Urban Farm. Take time out to stop, and to look closely at the FIRST book of God: the natural world. Wild...

So quiet you hardly hear it?

Mar 9, 2015 | Blog

Good news should come with a drum roll surely? When news is actually good, it should grab attention and make us all feel positive about life. But when the good news comes as a whisper, unexpectedly, perhaps even as a secondary meaning of what is heard, it is both...

The trees of the field don't always clap gently

Jan 20, 2015 | Courses, Event

In January’s Wild City Retreat we were thrown into the wild force of the wind. None of us chose to stay out for more than a short while. It was far more comfortable to remain inside sipping hot spiced apple juice while learning about the old tradition of...