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Thu 29 May 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Adventures of Stevie V

    Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

    • Now 18 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Arctic Monkeys

    Snap Out Of It

    • (CD Single).
    • Domino.
    • 001.

  • Bad Company

    Can't Get Enough

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.
    • 1.

  • Bastille

    Pompeii

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin Records.

  • James Blunt

    Postcards

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • The Clash

    Should I Stay Or Should I Go

    • Now 19 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Elvis Costello

    Everyday I Write The Book

    • Elvis Costello & Attractions- The Man.
    • Imp Records.
    • 4.

  • Dr. Feelgood

    Milk And Alcohol

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Elbow

    My Sad Captains

    • The Take Off & Landing Of Everything.
    • Fiction.
    • 001.

  • Foreigner

    Cold As Ice

    • 40.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Miranda Lambert

    Automatic

    • Platinum.
    • RCA Nashville.
    • 001.

  • The Miracles

    Love Machine

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.

  • The Motors

    Airport

    • Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Johnny Nash

    I Can See Clearly Now

  • The Newbeats

    Bread & Butter

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.

  • Gary Numan

    Cars

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Mike Oldfield

    Tubular Bells, Part One

    • Greatest Hits Of The 70's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Katy Perry

    Birthday

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 001.

  • The Pierces

    Kings

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

  • The Police

    Walking On The Moon

    • The Very Best Of The Police.
    • A&M.

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

    • Now 13, Part 2 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Paul Simon

    Still Crazy After All These Years

    • Still Crazy After All These Years.
    • CBS.

  • Simply Red

    Stars

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.

  • Skids

    Into The Valley

  • The Detroit Spinners

    It's A Shame

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
    • 4.

  • Edwin Starr

    H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

    • Edwin Starr: The Essential Collection.
    • Spectrum.

  • Tenpole Tudor

    Swords Of A Thousand Men

    • Teenage Kicks (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.

  • Amy Winehouse

    Back To Black

    • Back To Black.
    • Universal Records.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Nick Baines, the Bishop-elect of Leeds for the Diocese of West Yorkshire & the Dales

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A couple of months ago I took a couple of weeks out to go away and recharge the batteries. What this meant was that I stayed with friends in Switzerland and read a shed load of books. On the last day before I came home my friend Martin took me for a drive down the border with France and we had a great day out in the sunshine, walking and talking.

What amused me was that we kept driving across a border. One minute we're in a characterful French-speaking village, then a couple of miles down the road and we're in a well-ordered German-speaking place. And I began to wonder what it does to your head when you live in a part of the world where you are constantly on the edge. And, to add to the imaginative experience, some of these places have swapped hands several times between countries during the last few centuries.

So, I was sitting in the car thinking how boring I am. When I was young I wanted to live on the edge. A bit. I was always afraid of staying too far, if truth be told. But, when I grew up and had kids, I didn't want to live on any edge, thank you very much. I wanted the stability that allows you to bring up a family with some degree of security. But, now I am older and the kids have launched off their own edges, I need a bit of liminality again. (That's just a posh word I learned recently.)

For me, being a follower of Jesus means that there is no alternative to living on the edge. He only ever promised his friends that life wouldn't be boring, but it might get rough - and there are no comfort zones. Which explains why only adventurous people left their routine lives and went walkabout with him - it's all there in the gospels.

Anyway, I'm with the great Bruce Cockburn on this: "another step deeper into darkness," and you find yourself "closer to the light".

Broadcast

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