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Sara Cox sits in

Sitting in for Vanessa one final time before she returns to Early Breakfast tomorrow, Sara eases in a new day with great music from across the decades. Featuring Pause For Thought, the Happy Birthday Call and more Shift Stars.

1 hour, 27 minutes

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Wed 1 May 2013 05:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Michael Jackson

    Black Or White

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • Billy Joel

    My Life

    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Bonnie Tyler

    Believe In Me

    • (CD Single).
    • ZYX Music.
    • 2.

  • Tom Jones & Mousse T.

    Sex Bomb

    • (CD Single).
    • Gut Records.

  • Four Tops

    Walk Away Ren茅e

    • The Four Tops - The Singles Collectio.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • 补鈥恏补

    Take On Me

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

  • Elsie

    Your Loving Arms

    • (CD Single).
    • Big Print Music.
    • 1.

  • Harry Nilsson

    Everybody's Talkin'

    • Million Sellers Vol.10 - The Sixties.
    • Disky.

  • Dido

    End Of Night

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Billy Idol

    White Wedding

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Madonna

    Express Yourself

    • (Single).
    • Sire.

  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Three Little Birds

    • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend.
    • Island.

  • Rod Stewart

    It's Over

    • (CD Single).
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.

  • Busted - She Said No

  • Fun.

    All Alone

    • Some Nights.
    • Fueled By Ramen.
    • 1.

  • Perry Como

    Magic Moments

    • 50's Number Ones Vol 1.
    • Old Gold.

Dave Tomlinson, writer and Vicar of St Luke鈥檚 Holloway in London

Dave Tomlinson, writer and Vicar of St Luke鈥檚 Holloway in London

Everyone鈥檚 very nice in church. You don鈥檛 often get hecklers!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Churches aren鈥檛 exactly temples of free speech 鈥� you鈥檙e expected to sit quietly and listen, even when you do think the minister鈥檚 talking rubbish.

听

Which is why, for ten years, I ran a different sort of a church in a pub in south London. We called it 鈥楬oly Joes鈥� 鈥� just to make sure we didn鈥檛 take ourselves too seriously. It was a bolthole for the disillusioned 鈥� church drop-outs, regular churchgoers who felt like dropping-out, and others who鈥檇 never dream of going to church but fancied chewing the fat over a pint or two.

听

Some of our punters were pushy and hard to shut up, others were content to sit and listen; some wanted heady discussion, others needed somewhere to vent their spleen. What Holy Joes offered was a 鈥榥o holds barred鈥� opportunity to discuss, debate and argue about whatever it was with the church and Christianity that got their goat. No one passed judgement on what was heard or seen. There were no 鈥榬ight鈥� answers imposed at the end of the evening. It was grown-up religion where you could listen, then put your oar in, and finally make up your own mind.

听

Surely it鈥檚 wrong to treat people as godless heathens because they disagree or have doubts; because they鈥檙e angry or hurt; because they find church boring, or because they sometimes feel like throwing a hymnbook at the preacher. At least if people argue back I鈥檇 know they were awake and wanted to engage with what I鈥檓 saying.

听

Nowadays, when people yawn at the sight of a preacher鈥r a politician鈥� when apathy lulls us into silence in front of the TV, I reckon churches need to lead the way 鈥� give a home to decent, vigorous debate.

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 May 2013 05:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 2