Alan Gregory, Principal of St Augustine’s College of Theology, returns with the wisdom and warmth listeners love. This Advent, he draws on the prophet Isaiah to show how God surprises us in life-changing ways.

In episode 2, ‘Isaiah’, you’ll hear how holiness meets human frailty, and why Isaiah’s ‘Woe is me’ still speaks today. You’ll also hear how God helps us face life with courage and love.

Alan also explores the heartbreak in Isaiah’s calling and the quiet hope that leads us to Christ. Through visions of smoke, shaking thresholds, and God’s grief, he invites you to notice Christ’s presence in the unexpected this Advent.

If you’ve ever longed to see God amid noise, fear, or doubt, this episode is for you.

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A warm welcome to our Advent 2025 series from St Augustine’s College of Theology.

In this first rousing episode, Thomas Sharp, Tutor in Pastoral Theology, reflects on the Prophet Zephaniah and what it means to rejoice when the world feels like it’s still burning.

Moving between ancient Jerusalem and our modern age, Thomas explores fear, injustice, hope, and the strange joy of God’s kingdom breaking through. He invites us to see rejoicing as a witness to hope, love, and God-with-us.

If you’ve ever wondered how to lift your heart in the face of fear, debt, and violence, this episode is for you.

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Prophecy for Advent, the new Advent podcast from St Augustine’s College of Theology, launches Sunday 30 November 2025.

This year, you’re invited to take a thoughtful journey through Advent – the season that leads us towards the celebration of Christmas.

Each Sunday of Advent, join Revd Dr Alan Gregory and St Augustine’s theology tutors as they explore the voices of the prophets and connect them with the hopes, challenges, and fears of life today.

In this trailer, Alan shares what you can expect from the four-part series and how these weekly reflections may inspire you as you move towards Christmas.

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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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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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