Online event premiered on YouTube and then available on catch-up.
Selina Stone and Paula Gooder explore the practice of tarrying – waiting on God – which is at the heart of Selina Stone’s Lent book ‘Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith’, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book for 2024.
They talk about favourite Bible stories about tarrying including Gethsemane, Jacob and the Angel, and Hagar in the desert, as well as the importance of bodies in our spiritual lives, being honest about disappointment, and about how to keep a good Lent.
Dr Selina Stone is Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education at Durham University. She is the author of ‘Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith’, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent book for 2024, and the host of Sunday School for Misfits, a podcast that examines faith, theology and the church.
Dr Paula Gooder is Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, a distinguished New Testament scholar and the author of numerous popular and academic books.