Woodbine Willie's guest appearances

Woodbine Willie

The Church Times Podcast

Mentioned in Dispatches

Footsteps of the fallen

Irfan Malik

Michael Nugent

Simon Verdegem

Jared Diamond

Rob Bell

David Katz

John Gray

Barbara Brown Taylor

Walt Whitman

Kate Kennedy

Paul O’Brien

John Green

David Marks

George Herbert

Wilfred Owen

OwlTail

In this episode we hear the remarkable stories of two exceptional men, neither of whom fired a shot in anger during the Great War, but through selflessness, humility and bravery have entered into history.We meet the Reverend Geoffrey Studdart Kennedy, better known by his nickname of Woodbine Willie, a man whose sermons were so legendary he was forced to hold up to 10 services on a Sunday, so many soldiers wanted to hear him preach.  As famous for his spicy language, as his burlap sacks of Bibles and cigarettes, Kennedy was also a prolific poet and author  Universally popular with the men, less so with the top brass, when he died over 30,000 people attended his funeral.We also hear the story of the most highly decorated non-combatant of the War, the diminutive Reverend Theodore Hardy, whose bravery and humanity saw him awarded a Military Cross, a Distinguished Service Order, and finally a Victoria Cross for bravery.  Punctuating his arrival in the trenches with a cheerful shout of "Don't shoot boys! It's only the Padre!" he became a firm favourite with the men.We look at the history of the Army Chaplains Corps from the Crusades to the Crimea and discover that if you've been shot in No Mans Land, you'd better hope that the Bishop of London doesn't come out to try and find you. 

In this episode we hear the remarkable stories of two exceptional men, neither of whom fired a shot in anger during the Great War, but through selflessness, humility and bravery have entered into history. We meet the Reverend Geoffrey Studdart Kennedy, better known by his nickname of Woodbine Willie, a man whose sermons were so legendary he was forced to hold up to 10 services on a Sunday, so many soldiers wanted to hear him preach.  As famous for his spicy language, as his burlap sacks of Bibles and cigarettes, Kennedy was also a prolific poet and author  Universally popular with the men, less so with the top brass, when he died over 30,000 people attended his funeral. We also hear the story of the most highly decorated non-combatant of the War, the diminutive Reverend Theodore Hardy, whose bravery and humanity saw him awarded a Military Cross, a Distinguished Service Order, and finally a Victoria Cross for bravery.  Punctuating his arrival in the trenches with a cheerful shout of "Don't shoot boys! It's only the Padre!" he became a firm favourite with the men. We look at the history of the Army Chaplains Corps from the Crusades to the Crimea and discover that if you've been shot in No Mans Land, you'd better hope that the Bishop of London doesn't come out to try and find you.

Woodbine Willie - the puffing Padre

On this week’s podcast, how can church investors step up pressure on corporate polluters to combat climate change?  Ed Thornton talk to the Chief Investment Officer of Epworth Investment Management, Stephen Beer, who manages the investments of the Methodist Church.And we hear about GA Studdert Kennedy, or Woodine Willie, the World War 1 Chaplain. A new critical edition of his book of theology from the trenches,  The Hardest Part, has just been published by SCM Press. Its editors, Professor Thomas O’Loughlin and the Revd Dr Stuart Bell, talk about his significance and influence.You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

On this week’s podcast, how can church investors step up pressure on corporate polluters to combat climate change? Ed Thornton talk to the Chief Investment Officer of Epworth Investment Management, Stephen Beer, who manages the investments of the Methodist Church. And we hear about GA Studdert Kennedy, or Woodine Willie, the World War 1 Chaplain. A new critical edition of his book of theology from the trenches, The Hardest Part, has just been published by SCM Press. Its editors, Professor Thomas O’Loughlin and the Revd Dr Stuart Bell, talk about his significance and influence. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Fossil-fuel companies and climate change; the theology of GA Studdert Kennedy, aka "Woodbine Willie"

Linda Parker

Dr Linda Parker talks about her new book (published by Helion and Co) on Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, better known as Woodbine Willie, during his service as an Army Chaplain in the Great War.

<a href="http://www.kensingtons.org.uk/podcast/ep58-woodbine-willie-dr-linda-parker/attachment/9781912174041/" rel="attachment wp-att-733 nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Dr Linda Parker talks about her new book (published by Helion and Co) on Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, better known as Woodbine Willie, during his service as an Army Chaplain in the Great War.

Ep58 –  Woodbine Willie – Dr Linda Parker