To honour Racial Justice Sunday 2025, we'd like to share this reflection from Revd Lorraine Shorten, which includes some craftivism. People of colour are disproportionately affected by unfair practices within the clothing industry, and our Leeds Craftivists group's current campaign, "Transform Trade", aims to raise awareness of these practices and support the call for a… Continue reading Racial Justice Sunday 2025
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Why?
Sam offers some reflections on this big little word... As 2024 draws to a close and 2025 rolls into being, the world feels like a scary uncertain place. Change gathers momentum. Hostility, hatred and lies pervade, and for many of us it’s easy to get lost in an overwhelming sense of powerlessness and hopelessness. Traditionally the… Continue reading Why?
The Enneagram Podcast Series: Personality Typing and The Enneagram
IS PERSONALITY TYPING VALUABLE? Join Emily and Anna as they discuss Personality Typing and The Enneagram with Jude Smith, an Enneagram Coach local to us in Leeds. We discuss the benefits of personality typing, the caution we must hold, and why we love The Enneagram. https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/the-enneagram-series-intro If you enjoyed this podcast, you'd be very welcome… Continue reading The Enneagram Podcast Series: Personality Typing and The Enneagram
Making sense of eco-anxious emotions
A member of our Leeds Craftivists campaign shares their experience of and reflections on Eco-Anxiety as part of our Eco-Anxiety campaign…. At first it was motivating; I was anxious, angry, upset, yes, but also in love, full of curiosity for the world. I threw myself into campaigning, volunteering, studying problems and solutions. I had purpose,… Continue reading Making sense of eco-anxious emotions
Join The Enneagram Book Club!
We’re thrilled to share that this September, we’re launching an Enneagram Book Club! Every month from September to July, we’ll be reading a chapter of a book about the Enneagram and opening up an online space to discuss our reflections and this inciteful personality typing tool. The book is “The Road Back to You” by… Continue reading Join The Enneagram Book Club!
Listen and Challenge
Emily recently wrote this blog for Network Leeds, inspired by the coverage of the 2024 General Election... The upcoming general election is predictably a source of much discussion and speculation. I don’t know about you, but I am finding it challenging to watch much of the coverage of the different parties and politicians as it… Continue reading Listen and Challenge
Pentecost 2024 – Inertia to Action
This Pentecost, Universities Chaplain, Revd Tim Nicholls, shares some thoughts with us on the power of the Holy Spirit in moving us from inertia to action. What are the chains, real or imaginary, which restrict you from truly living? https://youtu.be/K7OMMv6JruA If you’d like a conversation about Christianity, contact us and we’d love to chat with you.
Pentecost 2024 – God with Us Today
David shares a spoken word piece about Pentecost... https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/god-with-us-today-pentecost-2024/s-DO8ChmAer2Z?si=9b53dc9d091e4715ae1bc179119fab17&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing God With Us Today The disciples (Jesus’ first followers) were left,again,they’d just got used to the fact he’d risen from the dead,they’d got used to him being around in his odd, risen, but not ghostly body,and then he’s gone again,up into the cloudsand they were on… Continue reading Pentecost 2024 – God with Us Today
Enneagram Retreat Day: Prayer & Spirituality
We are really looking forward to our final Enneagram Retreat Day of 2024 on Saturday 01 June, when we’ll be learning more about Prayer & Spirituality. We at Leeds Sanctuary come from a Christian perspective on spirituality but this event is for everyone and we would love to have different spiritual perspectives in the room;… Continue reading Enneagram Retreat Day: Prayer & Spirituality
Doubting Thomas?
This Easter season, Universities Chaplain, Revd Tim Nicholls, reflects on John 20:24-29, in which Thomas sees Jesus for the first time after the Resurrection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYpnZ9UnKFU If you'd like a conversation about Christianity, contact us and we'd love to chat with you.