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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