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Wed 2 Jul 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • 10cc

    Dreadlock Holiday

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.
    • 15.

  • ABC

    Poison Arrow

    • Abc - The Lexicon Of Love.
    • Mercury.

  • Lynn Anderson

    Rose Garden

    PAUSE FOR THOUGHT

    • Million Sellers Vol.15 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Animotion

    Obsession

    • The 80's Collection: 1985 (Various).
    • Time Life.
    • 10.

  • Paul Carrack

    One In A Million

    • Rain Or Shine.
    • Carrack-UK.
    • 1.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Soak Up The Sun

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.

  • Terence Trent D’Arby

    If You Let Me Stay

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

  • Def Leppard

    Animal

    • Def Leppard - Hysteria.
    • Phonogram.

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • The Doobie Brothers

    What A Fool Believes

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

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Hold On Tight

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Second Hand News

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 008.

  • Foster the People

    Coming of Age

    • Supermodel.
    • Columbia.
    • 001.

  • Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott

    Moulding Of A Fool

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Chrissie Hynde

    You Or No One

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.
    • 001.

  • KISS

    God Gave Rock 'n' Roll To You II

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Huey Lewis and the News & Huey Lewis

    If This Is It

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Sports.
    • Chrysalis.

  • Robert Plant

    Whole Lotta Love (Live At Glastonbury 2014)

  • Lou Rawls

    Groovy People

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • La Roux

    Uptight Downtown

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

  • Ed Sheeran

    Sing

    • (CD Single).
    • Asylum Records.
    • 001.

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Girls In Their Summer Clothes

    • Magic.
    • Columbia.

  • Thunderclap Newman

    Something In The Air

    • Fifty Number Ones Of The 60's (Variou.
    • X-Phonics Records.

  • Andy Williams

    Music To Watch Girls By

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • XTC

    Making Plans for Nigel

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought
Father Christopher Jamison, Benedictine Monk:

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This is the season for festivals of all kinds and last weekend I was at a festival in Devon and this weekend I’ll be at one in Birmingham. All these festivals remind me that the joy of summertime is summed up in two beautiful Spanish words: fiesta and siesta, which roughly translated mean celebration and rest. The two go together really well because there’s nothing more delightful than resting after a good celebration.

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Now Spanish culture thinks that life at its best is all about fiesta and siesta whereas we Brits tend to think life is mainly about work and responsibility. So who’s right?

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Well according to the story of creation in the Bible, God worked for 6 days to create the world and then rested for one. 6 days work, one day of rest and no celebration. So does that mean God is a hard working Englishman rather than Spanish? Not really because every day of creation ends with the statement ‘and God saw that it was good’ making every day of creation both a day of work and a day of celebration.

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So maybe the way to make life a continuous fiesta is to copy God and make work into a celebration: work is good not only because it’s how people earn their living but also because work is where people meet, where they can be creative and where they can be of service to others.

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Meeting people, creating things, serving others, those are the features that make a festival so enjoyable and they are what can transform work into a celebration as well. So while I hope lots of listeners get to a festival this summer, I also hope that many will turn their work into a daily celebration. So enjoy the fiesta whether you’re at work or at play.

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