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Thought for the Week podcast brought to you by the Dean and Chaplains of King's College London.

King's College London Chaplaincy


    • Mar 29, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 4m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    TFTW 41: Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2017 2:54


    King's College London lay Roman Catholic chaplain Rachel Huckstep discusses the kindness of strangers in the face of adversity.

    TFTW 40: 'The Lord's Prayer'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2017 3:20


    King's College London Chaplaincy Assistant Adam Hobson reflects on the Lord's Prayer in today's divided society.

    TFTW 39: The Importance of Lent

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 4:45


    King's Chaplain Rev. Jim Craig talks Star Wars prequels and the importance of Lent.

    TFTW 38: 'We Mustn't Be Afraid to Make a Mess Sometimes'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 2:32


    Dr Joe Fort, College Organist, Director of the Chapel Choir and Lecturer in Music at King’s College London, tells us that as in music, we mustn't be afraid to make a mess in life sometimes.

    TFTW 37: Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 4:03


    King's College London Chaplain Rev. Tim Ditchfield discusses love on Valentine's Day.

    TFTW 36: 'Let life be with you, not against you'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2017 4:22


    King's College London chaplain Romana Kazmi discusses judging our emotions and how we react to them.

    TFTW 35: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2017 3:50


    King's College London chaplain Fr Joe Fort discusses the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

    TFTW 34: The Work of Christmas Begins

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017 4:38


    Kings Chaplaincy assistant Tansley Jordan discusses how the work of Christmas now begins.

    TFTW 33: Happy New Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2017 5:34


    The Revd Canon Professor Richard Burridge, Dean of King's College London and Professor of Biblical Interpretation, welcomes students back to King's and the start of a new term.

    TFTW 32: Advent

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2016 7:45


    Nat Frangos from the chaplaincy team discusses the advent and wishes everyone a happy holiday season from all of as the King's Chaplaincy team.

    TFTW 31: Come, Lord Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 6:14


    King's College London Catholic lay chaplain Laurence Jasper discusses the upcoming season of advent.

    TFTW 30: Remembering

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 3:14


    Rev. Keith Riglin discusses remembering and the power of memory.

    TFTW 29: Peace in Divided Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2016 4:24


    King's College London Chaplain Rev. Jane Speck on how best to find peace in these divided times.

    TFTW 28: How to Live Well

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2016 5:36


    King's College London Chaplain Abdul Choudhury discusses the keys to living well.

    TFTW 27: Remembrance

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 3:28


    King's Chaplaincy assistant Adam Hobson discusses the need for remembrance.

    TFTW 26: The London Skyline

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2016 4:22


    Chaplaincy assistant Tansley Jordan discusses how our lives can feel like the London skyline.

    TFTW025: The Importance of Creativity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2016 5:18


    Revd Jim Craig the Chaplain for Guy's campus discussing the importance of arts for our creativity and spirituality.

    TFTW024: Getting Organised

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 2:59


    AKC Learning Technologist Maggie Scull talks about getting organised to tackle the autumn term.

    TFTW023: Mindfulness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016 4:11


    Tim Ditchfield reminds us to slow down and savour the moment.

    TFTW022 This too shall pass

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2016 5:25


    Nat Frangos reflects on times of crisis in our lives and offers some Biblical and practical advice.

    TFTW021: Exams, Exams, Exams

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2016 2:40


    Chaplaincy Assistant Jess Lane offers some helpful advice on surviving the exam season.

    TFTW020 An Easter Message

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2016 3:07


    Revd Dr Keith Riglin delivers an end of term message, reflecting on the story of Holy Week.

    TFTW019 Mothering Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2016 5:57


    Revd Jane Speck reflects on the origins of Mothering Sunday and the motherhood of God

    TFTW018 Chaplaincy week

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2016 4:04


    Muslim Chaplain Abdul Mumin Chowdhury introduces himself and speaks about the recent Chaplaincy week at King's

    TFTW017 Leap Year reflections

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2016 2:52


    Chaplaincy Assistant Jess Lane reflects on the leap year

    TFTW016 Happily Ever After?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2016 3:41


    Joanne Cox-Darling reflects on the concept of living lovingly ever after, in the light of St Valentine's Day and St Paul's letter to the Corinthians.

    TFTW015: Stations of the cross

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2016 7:12


    In a specially extended Lent edition of Thought for the Week, Professor Ben Quash introduces the 2016 Stations of the Cross project, the first station of which is installed in the King's College Chapel on the Strand campus. For more information on the Stations of the Cross: Art and Passion project, see: https://www.facebook.com/stations2016/

    TFTW014: Middling?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2016 3:06


    Revd Dr Simon Woodman reflects on Jesus' attitude to those on the margins of society

    TFTW013 For all that... Robert Burns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2016 3:47


    Chaplaincy Assistant Raymond Baudon reflects on Robert Burns' poem 'A Man's A Man For A' That'

    TFTW012: Skeletons in the closet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2016 2:32


    Rev Tim Ditchfield takes a closer look at Jesus' family tree and finds some surprising characters

    TFTW011: Sustainability and Stewardship

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2015 4:25


    Nat Frangos speaks about the importance of stewardship in the light of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in Paris

    TFTW010 Take care of the sounds?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2015 3:12


    KCL Organist and Choir Director Joseph Fort reflects on advent in the light of the advent carol services this week

    TFTW009: Remembering

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2015 2:43


    Chaplaincy assistant Jess Lane reflects on the value of remembrance

    TFTW008: Christians put their friends off Jesus?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2015 3:16


    Roman Catholic lay Chaplain Rachel Huckstep reflects on a recent Church of England survey and asks: do Christians put their friends off Jesus?

    TFTW007: Spinoza's 'Ethics' and salvation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2015 3:41


    AKC Programme Director shares an excerpt from her AKC lecture on Spinoza - she discusses Spinoza's views on human emotions and their effect on our happiness, salvation and relationship with God.

    TFTW006 Be Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2015 3:08


    Revd Dr Keith Riglin reflects on "fitting in"

    TFTW005: Preparing for success in marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2015 3:46


    Fr Joseph Evans reflects on the qualities necessary to prepare for a successful marriage, in the light of the Pope's recent call to reflection on marriage at the Catholic Church Synod.

    TFTW004 Beginning again?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2015 3:05


    Revd Jane Speck reflects on the desire to begin again - and how new beginnings were made in the Gospels

    TFTW002: Knowledge and Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015 2:57


    Revd Dr Simon Woodman reflects on the difference between knowledge and wisdom

    TFTW003 The Dude Abides

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2015 3:07


    Revd Tim Ditchfield reflects on Jesus' invitation to 'abide in Him'

    TFTW001 A New Thing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2015 2:50


    Revd Canon Professor Richard Burridge, Dean of King's College London, offers his welcome to students at King's and a thought on the start of a new academic year.

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