Faith in all of life: exploring how imaginative Christian thinking can transform and enrich every area of life
Exploring Christian faith in daily life
Learning about how Christian faith impacts every area of life and the universe we live in.
Innovative communication of the Christian story
Real-life stories that unlock the Christian faith by comparing and contrasting it with other worldviews.
Dynamic Christian thinking about the ideas that shape our world
Academic study, creative endeavour and scientific thinking from a faith perspective, in the university and beyond.
At Thinking Faith we are passionate about using our minds and imaginations to release the wisdom of the Christian faith into the world as a force for good.
We want to work with others to:
RealityBites is a ministry that is part of ThinkingFaithNetwork.
What do we do? Here is one of our projects.
My good friend Mark Yeadon and I reach out to students by telling stories and sharing the good news of Jesus. We are inspired by the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). We follow Jesus by telling fascinating stories and asking provocative questions. We make ourselves vulnerable by serving hot drinks to students and homeless people outside the Library pub on Woodhouse Lane in Leeds.
One of my favourite pieces of Christmas music is ‘For unto us a Child is born’ from Georg Friderich Händel’s Messiah. I have loved it since I was a child, touched by its bouncing joy and the intricacy of its polyphonic choral writing, with lines appearing and disappearing like needles through the musical fabric, aligning with each other for a few ‘stitches in time’ before one vanishes to reappear a moment later in a different hue. As a music historian, I am enchanted by the majesty of Händel’s choral setting, but its glorious lyrics are what I love most.
