Will you dare to love as Christ loves?

Welcome to Lent and Loving, the final episode of St Augustine’s College of Theology’s Lent 2025 podcast.

This week, our principal, Alan Gregory, invites you to reflect on love—its challenges and its power.

As the philosopher Thomas Hobbes once suggested, does self-interest drive us, or are we wired for deeper connection? From everyday kindness to life’s greatest sacrifices, love is at the heart of being human.

Alan challenges us to go beyond surface-level kindness and embrace love fully. Love stirs our longings, but it is agape—the self-giving love of God—that transforms lives.

Lent is a time to practice this love: to forgive, serve, and extend grace, even when it’s difficult.

As we approach Easter, Alan encourages us to take small but intentional steps toward love, trusting that even the smallest seed of love can grow into something extraordinary.

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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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