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The Torch Issue 1 2026
Podcast: Torch Trust: All Content
Reflections Podcast 21.12.2025 – Advent Love;
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On the final Sunday in Advent, churches around the world light the candle that symbolises love. In this episode we hear from Catherine Campbell, the author of Journey With Me Through Christmas as she reflects on who has shown her Christlike love and what love in action looks like to her. We also talk about the different Greek words for love and hear a reflections from Torch’s head of comms Zoe Byron n how Jesus has given us a command to love people in the way God loves us.
All excerpts from Journey With Me Through Christmas are featured with the explicit permission of the author and IVP books.
To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org.
Reflections Podcast 14.12.2025 – Advent Joy
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For the third Sunday in Advent, we focus on the theme of joy. In this episode, Torch Together Coordinator Becky Davies reflects on what makes her feel joyful and Chair Of Trustee tony Brown shares a funny story about Billy Graham, a Limousine and a very surprised police officer.
All excerpts from Journey With Me Through Christmas are featured with the explicit permission of the author and IVP books.
To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org.
Reflections Podcast 07.12.2025 – Advent Peace
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The second Sunday in Advent is all about peace. In this episode, Torch’s head of Production Paul Rhodes reflects on how the fact that he never worries about anything makes him experience peace, the peace the shepherds must have felt when the angels revealed the news of the birth of Jesus and we hear a few more bits from last year’s carol service.
All excerpts from Journey With Me Through Christmas are featured with the explicit permission of the author and IVP books.
To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org.
Torch News Winter 2025
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Reflections Podcast 30.11.2025 Advent – Hope
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It’s the first Sunday in Advent, and in churches all around the world, one candle is being lit to signify hope. So this episode features a hopeful reflection from Vicki Bryson, a snippet from last year’s carol service and a excerpt of the book Journey With Me Through Christmas by Catherine Campbell, which focuses on the theme of hope and waiting.
All excerpts from Journey With Me Through Christmas are featured with the explicit permission of Catherine Campbell and Inter-Varsity Press.
To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org.
Reflections Podcast 23.11.2025 Blessings Of Blindness
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It’s easy to talk about the more challenging aspects of being blind. And although it’s important to do so, to improve quality of life for blind and partially sighted people, it’s also important to stop and appreciate when being blind can give you advantages in life. In this episode, we’re hearing from Stephanie Sergeant about the many ways she feels being blind has blessed her.
To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org.
Reflections Podcast 16.11.2025 In Confusing Times
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With so many things going on in the world today, from wars and famines, to increased costs of living, it’s easy to feel anxious and perhaps a little sad and confused. Today’s episode reflects on how we can still turn to God’s promise of hope in these confusing times. We hear from Marilyn Baker herself, as well as torch staff member Sarah Brookman.
To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org.
The Torch Issue 4 2025
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Reflections Podcast 09 November 2025 Remembrance Sunday
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Remembrance Sunday is marked on the closest Sunday to Remembrance day itself and features many of the same rituals, including the wearing of poppies and the two minutes silence. This week’s episode features a conversation between Producer Linn davies and former staff member Matthew Horspool, taken from our Insights podcast, about things blind and partially sighted might find tricky around this day and how churches can support them.
To contact Torch Trust with any comments or feedback, call 01858 438260 email info@torchtrust.org or visit torchtrust.org.