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Welcome to the latest podcast in a short series to mark the Christian season of Easter, a time when we are encouraged to examine ourselves and reflect on how we as a church community both here in the parish and more widely are tackling issues of injustice and unfairness, presented by Father Charlie Bell, one of the curates at St John the Divine. This podcast is an extra addition to the series, and we welcome Bishop Deon Johnson, XI Bishop of Missouri, to hear his thoughts on justice.

Welcome to the latest podcast in a short series to mark the Christian season of Easter, a time when we are encouraged to examine ourselves and reflect on how we as a church community both here in the parish and more widely are tackling issues of injustice and unfairness, presented by Father Charlie Bell, one of the curates at St John the Divine. This podcast is an extra addition to the series, and we welcome Wail Qasim, seminarian at Ripin College, Cuddesdon and former Pastoral Assistant at St John, to hear his thoughts on justice.

Welcome to the latest podcast in a short series to mark the Christian season of Easter, a time when we are encouraged to examine ourselves and reflect on how we as a church community both here in the parish and more widely are tackling issues of injustice and unfairness, presented by Father Charlie Bell, one of the curates at St John the Divine. This podcast is an extra addition to the series, and we welcome Prof Nicola Rollock, from King's College London, to hear her thoughts on justice.

Welcome to the latest podcast in a short series to mark the Christian season of Easter, a time when we are encouraged to examine ourselves and reflect on how we as a church community both here in the parish and more widely are tackling issues of injustice and unfairness, presented by Father Charlie Bell, one of the curates at St John the Divine. This podcast is an extra addition to the series, and we welcome Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the MP for Streatham to hear her thoughts on justice.

Welcome to the latest podcast in a short series to mark the Christian season of Easter, a time when we are encouraged to examine ourselves and reflect on how we as a church community both here in the parish and more widely are tackling issues of injustice and unfairness, presented by Father Charlie Bell, one of the curates at St John the Divine. This podcast is an extra addition to the series, and we welcome Florence Eshalomi, the MP for Vauxhall to hear her thoughts on justice. 

In this, the fifth in the series of Lent podcasts from St John the Divine, Kennington, Father Charlie Bell is joined by Rev Jarel Robinson Brown, curate of St Botolph's in Aldgate and the author of a book on the intersection of being black and queer, to discuss injustice and unfairness.

In this week's episode of our podcast series for Lent 'What is Justice?', Father Charlie Bell is joined by Kelly Brown Douglas who is the Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Seminary in New York City and is also the canon theologian at Washington National Cathedral .

In this week's episode of our podcast series for Lent 'What is Justice?', Father Charlie Bell is joined by Dr. Elizabeth Henry who is a past national advisor to the Church of England on matters of race and ethnicity and is now a speaker and activist and a thought leader in matters of racial justice.

This is the second in the podcast series from St John the Divine Kennington which marks the Christian period of Lent - a time when we ask ourselves questions about who we are as a church, what we're doing in the world and this year in particular what justice is. We're thinking about justice in terms of our own church and we're thinking about justice in terms of the world more widely. In this podcast, Rev'd Dr Charlie Bell is joined by Dr Emma Cia from the Philosophy Department at King's College London to explore some of the concepts that help us define justice in today's world.

The first in a series of Lent podcasts, presented by Fr Charlie Bell, from St John the Divine, in south London, on the theme of What is Justice? 

In this episode, Fr Charlie is joined by members of the congregation to share thoughts and opinions in a discussion about justice, and in particular, racial justice, and how the church and wider society must make a concious effort to overcome challenges of inequality and prejudice. 

The final episode in our Lent 2021 series on prayer. Fr Sebastian Harries looks at the long tradition of silent prayer and some modern ways in which it is practiced.

For this week's episode Fr Sebastian shares how we might enter into stories from the bible as a means of imaginative prayer and contemplation.

In our third Lent podcast Fr Sebastian Harries looks at the role of art, icons and music in Christian spirituality and gives advice on how to approach praying with these.

In this week's Lent podcast Fr Sebastian Harries looks at praying with scripture through the practice of 'Lectio Divina', divine reading.

Beginning our Lent 2021 series on prayer, Fr Sebastian Harries explores what prayer is, why we pray, how we pray and intercessory prayer.

What has racial justice got to do with the church? Hear Fr Mark Williams, Fr Nick Quanrud, Venessa Denny and Fr Sebastian Harries, leaders at St John the Divine Kennington, reflect on the 'Black Lives Matter @ SJDK' series and what action the church must take.

Host: Wail Qasim

Guests: Fr Mark Williams, Fr Nick Quanrud, Venessa Denny & Fr Sebastian Harries

Do young Black Brits feel at home in the church? Kumba Ngegba, Faith Locken and Charline Taylor discuss with Wail Qasim their experiences of church and British society from the perspective of race, offering their view on where and how we can improve.

Host: Wail Qasim

Guests: Kumba Ngegba, Faith Locken & Charline Taylor

What was church like for Black Britons? This week Wail Qasim is joined by Lynda Philips, Ruby Powell & Pam Sobers, who all came to Britain in the 1950s and 60s. They discuss some painful experiences of church and the faith that keeps them going despite racism.

Resources Mentioned: 'Mangrove', Steve McQueen, BBC One

Host: Wail Qasim

Guests: Lynda Philips, Ruby Powell & Pam Sobers

Where should our anti-racist focus be as a church? Member of the congregation and former local councillor John Denny joins Wail Qasim to discuss campaigns he has seen in the past and priorities for tackling racism going forward.

Resources Mentioned: 'Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man' by Emmanuel Acho

Host: Wail Qasim

Guest: John Denny

Hear voices from our upcoming Advent series 'Black Lives Matter @ SJDK'. Four weekly episodes start 02 December 2020 looking at anti-racist campaigning, history, current struggles and the church.