In our series ‘Everday Christianity’, we looked at the importance of allowing our faith to permeate every aspect of our lives and the danger of living compartmentalised lives, relegating our faith to a meeting or two on a Sunday and perhaps a few minutes of prayer and reading the Bible during the week. Christianity is nothing if not holistic; we are urged to love God with all our mind, heart, soul and strength (Matt 22:37, Deut 6:5), which inevitably ‘overflows’ into our everyday lives.
Daily Faith, 4 sessions of teaching on this issue, will be held on dates in June and July at Leeds Church Institute. The four-session course (which costs £24 if booked before the end of May and £29 after this date) explores what it means to develop a ‘baptised imagination’ in our day-to-day lives, whether we are at work, are unpaid volunteers, carers, parents, students, retired or anything else! It tackles questions such as:
- How can you share your faith as an opera singer (or accountant or teacher or any other profession)?
- What does it mean to be a Christian diplomat (‘ambassadors for Christ’)?
- How can you live out a Christian calling in a call-centre or shop floor?
It unpacks biblical teaching on work, rest and play and uses inspiring stories of Christians who have been salt and light in their day-to-day lives. It challenges the common view of ‘calling’ that focuses only on Christian ministry and provides inspiration and space to explore how to ‘live life in all its fulness’ from Monday to Saturday.
Led by Mark Roques, an author, storyteller and director of RealityBites (which works with schools, churches and the media to communicate the use of the Christian faith effectively in contemporary culture), this course runs on Wednesday 22nd and 29th June and 6th and 13th July from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Leeds Church Institute at 20 New Market Street, Leeds, LS1 6DG. Tickets can be booked here.
