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Blessing Chishanu

Church of England minister (Associate Minister at Christ Church Barnet, previously curate in Norwich), theologian, and guest preacher whose chapel talks and sermons appear on podcasts like Chapel Talks.

Sep 30, 2026

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By the time you leave theological college, some of what filled those years will slowly become a blur, fading in our memories.
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But every now and then, something deeply formative stays with you.
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For me, one of those moments came through a conversation with Justin Stratus, my tutor in doctrine while I was at Theological College at Trinity College, Bristol.
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He said something along the following lines.
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Studying theology is like discovering grandparents you never knew you had.
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My aim is not to merely sharpen you cranially, so to speak, as you grapple with doctrinal complexity.

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