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FIELD GUIDE / 001
THE CITY / THE SACRED
London is full of sacred places and living traditions, often passed without notice. LEY / LINES makes them visible - and creates ways to meet religion with curiosity rather than distance.
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Field Notes
Short dispatches on belief, architecture and community from across the capital.
DAILY READING 027 · 10 SEP 2026
In the service of others
CHRISTIANITY · LATTER-DAY SAINT
“When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.”
Book of Mormon · Mosiah 2:17
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Today’s reading comes from the Book of Mormon, one of the sacred texts of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
First published by Joseph Smith in 1830, the Book of Mormon presents itself as a record of ancient peoples in the Americas, preserved and compiled by a series of prophets.
The Book of Mosiah is one part of that larger record.
In it, an ageing King Benjamin gathers his people to address them. Although he is their king, he tells them that he has worked alongside them and sought to serve rather than enrich himself.
Then comes this simple idea:
to serve another person is to serve God.
The Latter-day Saint movement began in the United States in the nineteenth century, but Britain quickly became an important part of its story. The first missionaries arrived here in 1837, and thousands of British converts subsequently joined the new movement.
Today, Latter-day Saint congregations worship across London - part of a religious tradition that began in America but has grown into a worldwide church.
Photographed at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London.
Source: Book of Mormon · Mosiah 2:17 · The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
FIELD NOTE 001 / LEYTON / 24 AUG 2026
Cinema → Bingo → God
One building, three lives in Leyton, London.
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WHY LEY / LINES EXISTS
Religion is not somewhere else.
It is woven into London’s streets, rituals and everyday life. But too often it is treated as distant, private or only visible in moments of conflict.
LEY / LINES is an invitation to look again: slowly, locally and with genuine curiosity.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
FOUNDER / LEY LINES
Cas Owen Edmunds
Cas holds a degree in the Study of Religions from SOAS, University of London. He has since worked across food systems, conservation and programme development, helping purpose-led organisations turn ideas into action.
He founded LEY / LINES from a longstanding interest in religions and sacred places - and a belief that religion is best encountered with curiosity and openness rather than at a distance. At its heart is a conviction that religious traditions can be vessels for connection, belonging and shared life.
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