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Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans, hosting a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Thu 10 Jul 2014 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • America

    Ventura Highway

    • Country Roads (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Cast

    Walkaway

    • Crush (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Clash

    London Calling

    • Now That's What I Call An Era: Sound Of The Suburbs (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Coldplay

    A Sky Full Of Stars

    • 麻豆社 Music Awards (Various Artists).
    • UMOD.

  • Culture Club

    Karma Chameleon

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.

  • Elbow

    Open Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Fiction.
    • 1.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Never Going Back Again

    • Warner Bros.

  • The Fratellis

    Whistle for the Choir

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • George Thorogood & the Destroyers

    Bad To The Bone

    • 100% Blues & Soul (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.
    • 4.

  • Joe Jackson

    It's Different For Girls

    • Joe Jackson - I'm The Man.
    • A&M.

  • Elton John

    I'm Still Standing

    • Diamonds.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Grace Jones

    Slave To The Rhythm

    • Island Life.
    • Island.

  • The Kinks

    Tired Of Waiting For You

    • The Journey - Part 1.
    • BMG.
    • 6.

  • The Kooks

    She Moves In Her Own Way

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over 'til It's Over

    • Awesome 2 - Various Artists.
    • EMI.

  • Labelle

    Lady Marmalade

    • Now That's What I Call A Massive 70s Party (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Lipps, Inc.

    Funkytown

    • NOW Yearbook 1980 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • The Lovin鈥� Spoonful

    Summer In The City

    • NOW That's What I Call A 60s & 70s Summer: Seasons In The Sun (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Manfred Mann

    5-4-3-2-1

    • Ages Of Mann.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Walk Me To The Bridge

    • Futurology.
    • Sony Music.
    • 001.

  • McAlmont & Butler

    Yes

    • Mercury.

  • George Michael

    Faith

    • NOW - Yearbook 1987 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Guy Mitchell

    Singing The Blues

  • MKTO

    Classic

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music.

  • Oasis

    She's Electric

    • What's The Story Morning Glory -Oasis.
    • Creation Records.

  • Ryan Paris

    Dolce Vita

    • The Holiday CD - Various Artists.
    • CBS.

  • Dolly Parton

    Try

    • Blue Smoke.
    • Sony Music.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    West End Girls

    • Now That's What I Call Music '86.
    • Now.

  • Lou Reed

    Perfect Day

    • Lou Reed - NYC Man.
    • BMG.

  • La Roux

    Uptight Downtown

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Dusty Springfield

    Son Of A Preacher Man

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

  • Swing Out Sister

    Surrender

    • It's Better To Travel.
    • Phonogram.

  • Ben Watt

    Forget

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline International.
    • 1.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Rev Ruth Scott, Anglican Vicar in Richmond:

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A couple of days ago a teenager came to me in great distress because someone had told her that unless she believed particular things, God would make her burn in hell-fire. That tyrannical image couldn鈥檛 be further from my own understanding of God. It reminded me of when I had an interview for a job as a Chaplain, I was offered the position, but the panel had one concern: 鈥淵ou didn鈥檛 mention God once in our conversation. Why was that?鈥� I talked about how when we say the word 鈥楪od鈥�, we think we鈥檙e discussing the same reality, but, more often than not, we mean very different things by it, so I prefer to find out how individuals and communities define that word before I use it with them.听 Equally, I get fed up when committed atheists tell me they no longer believe in the God they assume I believe in, when I long ago gave up belief in the Aunt-Sally-of-a-deity they rightly reject. So much damage is done in our world by people who are dogmatic and dictatorial about what they do or don鈥檛 believe the word 鈥楪od鈥� stands for. As we talked, my teenage visitor could see how our pictures of God often say more about our limitations than about God. And I told her the story of the elephant and the rat.

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An elephant was once bathing in a waterhole when a rat came along and demanded he get out of the water. 鈥淲hy?鈥� asked the elephant. 鈥淚鈥檒l tell you if you get out of the pool,鈥� replied the rat. 鈥淚 won鈥檛,鈥� said the elephant, and continued enjoying his swim. Eventually he lumbered up the bank on to dry land. 鈥淣ow,鈥� he said to the rat, 鈥渨hy did you want me to get out of the water?鈥� 鈥淚 wanted to see if you were wearing my swimming trunks.鈥�

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If you鈥檙e wondering what the elephant and the rat have to do with our understanding about God it鈥檚 this: God will no more fit into our ideas about Him than an elephant will fit into the trunks of a rat.

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    麻豆社 Radio 2

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