In this short podcast, the Rev'd Matt Simpkins, an Anglican Priest and musician explores the "last things" - death, judgement, heaven and hell - through old, weird folk and gospel tunes. Aimed at anyone who loves folk or gospel, or who has ever pondered death, judgement, heaven and hell, the themes traditionally contemplated by Christians during Advent, "Whispered Light" is about finding hope in even the darkest times.
Whispered Light - Advent reflections on death, judgement, heaven and hell
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In this short podcast, the Rev'd Matt Simpkins, an Anglican Priest and musician explores the "last things" - death, judgement, heaven and hell - through old, weird folk and gospel tunes. Aimed at anyone who loves folk or gospel, or who has ever pondered death, judgement, heaven and hell, the themes traditionally contemplated by Christians during Advent, "Whispered Light" is about finding hope in even the darkest times.
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Recent Episodes
December 16, 2020
Hell - I Don't Want to Go Down There
In this concluding episode, the Rev'd Matt Simpkins - an Anglican priest and musician - leads us into the darkness of hell in search of whispered light. Reflecting unflinchingly on Covid and suffering using folk gospel songs and the Psalms, Matt...
December 12, 2020
Heaven - There is Happy Land
In this episode, the Rev'd Matt Simpkins reflects on heaven through the lens of the folk hymn, "There is a Happy Land". Admitting that for many years he found the idea of heaven more troubling than the idea of hell, a journey from Scotland to the Iowa...
December 3, 2020
Judgement - I want to be ready
In this episode on the second of the ‘Four Last Things’ of Advent, Matt explores the theme of judgement through the song ‘Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John’ (also known as ‘I want to be ready’). Should we fear judgement? What has judgement got to do...
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