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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

Last on

Thu 10 Jul 2014 06:30

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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

    • Billy Elliot O.S.T. - Various Artists.
    • Polydor.
  • Coldplay

    A Sky Full Of Stars

    • 麻豆约拍 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

    • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.
  • 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

    • (CD Single).
    • ZTT.
  • 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

    • Soul Chartbusters (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Lipps, Inc.

    Funkytown

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.
  • The Lovin鈥 Spoonful

    Summer In The City

    • The Lovin' Spoonful Collection.
    • Castle Communications.
  • 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

    • Bridget Jones's Diary 2 (Various).
    • Mercury.
  • George Michael

    Faith

    • George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen.
    • Epic.
  • 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:

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.

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

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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