Welcome to Lent and Hopefulness, the fourth episode of our Lent 2025 podcast series, ‘The Joys of Lent.’

Can Lent be a season of profound hope?

This week, we welcome Fr Stanley Njoka, vicar of St Catherine’s in Hatcham and tutor in Pastoral Ministry at St Augustine’s.

In this episode, we explore how Lent isn’t just about sacrifice, fasting, and self-denial - it’s a time of hope.

Stanley reflects on how prayer, fasting, and almsgiving can be powerful acts of hope, inviting us to trust that God is at work, even in times of struggle.

Join us as we reflect on the hope that Easter brings and how Lent can help us experience that hope in the present moment.

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Introducing episode 3 of our Lent 2025 podcast series, The Joy of Saying Sorry, bought to you by St Augustine’s College of Theology.

This week, The Revd Dr Rebecca Swyer explores how saying sorry isn’t about guilt or shame but the deep joy of making peace with God.

Through personal stories and worldly reflections, she talks about how small moments of repentance can transform our hearts and bring us closer to God.

As we journey from Lent to Easter, we invite you to see repentance as a way to freedom, renewal and joy.

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Welcome to The Joy of Forgetting Oneself, the second episode of our Lent 2025 podcast series ‘The Joys of Lent.’

Do you struggle to stay present? In this second episode, our principal, Alan Gregory, reflects on Lent as a time not as rigid self-denial but as a chance to truly engage with life.

With humour (including a story about spending Ash Wednesday in a Texas courtroom), personal tales, and hard-hitting observations, he explores distraction, attentiveness, and the beauty of noticing nature and the people around us.

Alan also shares three simple Lent exercises to help you live more fully this season.

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Welcome to Rejoicing in Mortality, the first episode of our Lent 2025 podcast series ‘The Joys of Spring.’

Lent invites us to slow down and reflect on life's deeper meaning. And to begin this journey, Bishop Martin, Bishop of Kingston, invites you to think about what it means to rejoice in our mortality.

With warmth and honesty, he discusses the emotions that come with knowing life is finite.

Through personal stories, poetry, and wisdom from Christian liturgy, he shows how faith can help us find sorrow, gratitude, and even joy in the face of death.

This week is a time to pause and think about the deeper meaning of life and listen to a message of hope this Lenten season.

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From the 9th of March 2025, St Augustine's College of Theology will be bring you our new series of weekly Audio Retreats.

This time around, we’re going to speak up for joy in Lent and help you find some. Over the course of this season, we’ll bring you five different takes on Lenten joy:

- Rejoicing in Mortality

- The Joy of Forgetting Oneself

- The Joy of Saying Sorry

- Lent and Hopefulness

- Lent and Loving

Find out more about this exciting podcast series from our college principal, Rev Dr Alan Gregory.

And you can find our podcast on our YouTube channel, on podcast apps, or on our website: www.staugustinescollege.ac.uk/audio-retreats

What would you do if the world were ending tomorrow?

In Vulnerability and Peace, the final episode of the 2024 Advent Audio Retreat, Jenny Corcoran from St Augustine’s College of Theology explores how vulnerability and worship connect us to God’s promises, even amid life’s chaos.

This reflective episode invites you to find stillness and peace through God’s work during Advent.

If you’re seeking hope and courage this season, don’t miss this final reflection to round off our 2024 Advent Audio Retreat series.

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In the third episode of our 2024 Advent Audio Retreat series, “Fury and Love”, our principal, Alan Gregory, reflects on the complicated emotion of anger — something we all deal with but don’t always understand.

Together, we’ll consider how anger can be both a motivator and a troublemaker and explore the delicate balance of using it for good.

With raw examples and thoughtful reflections, this episode is inspiring and practical, encouraging us to fight for what we love without losing sight of who we are.

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In episode two of our 2024 Advent Audio Retreat series, "Fear and Faith,” Christian Doctrine and Ethics tutor Guido de Graaff reflects on how we can hold onto faith in the midst of fear.

Exploring how Advent reveals a deeper reality at work, Guido shares reflections on finding the strength to face personal and global challenges with renewed hope and purpose.

If you’re looking for encouragement to persevere and not let fear take over, this episode is for you.

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