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...

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...

Sabbath as Resistance

What does the Sabbath mean in Leeds? by Helen Reid Workers in the UK currently work the longest hours in Europe, take the shortest lunch breaks and enjoy the fewest public holidays, according to the TUC. It estimates that on average people work six weeks of overtime...

Faith and the New Politics

FAITH and the NEW POLITICS by John Battle It is increasingly obvious that the old political paradigms do not work. The debate is no longer cast in the binary terms of Left and Right but is about the relationship between techno managerialism and populism, and a new...

What's the Good News for Creation?

Tuesday 22nd September, 7.30pm at LCI As part of a new series about the environment, Ruth Valerio from the charity ‘A Rocha UK’ will speak about the theological basis for the protection and restoration of the natural world.  To book, phone 0113 391 7928 or...