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Get lively every morning with the breakfast show. Expect lots of great music, news headlines, a look at the papers, regular sports updates and a daily Pause for Thought.

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Tue 3 Nov 2015 06:30
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Music Played

  • Kenny Loggins

    Footloose

    • Footloose (Original S/Track).
    • CBS.

  • Seal

    Do You Ever

    • Reprise.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Bobby Womack

    Across 110th Street

    • Screen Cuts (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • Kaiser Chiefs

    I Predict A Riot

    • (CD Single).
    • B-Unique.

  • Avril Lavigne

    Complicated

    • Avril Lavigne - Let Go.
    • Arista.

  • Status Quo

    Paper Plane

    • Whatever You Want - V.Best Of Status.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Squeeze

    Cradle To The Grave

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

  • James Bay

    Hold Back The River

    • Hold Back The River EP.
    • Virgin EMI Records.

  • Vanilla Ice

    Ice Ice Baby

    • Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme.
    • Sbk.

  • First Aid Kit

    Emmylou

    • (CD Single).
    • Witchita.
    • 1.

  • Jim Reeves

    Bimbo

    • The Very Best Of Jim Reeves.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 12.

  • ²Ήβ€h²Ή

    Forest Fire

    • Cast In Steel.
    • Universal.

  • Scritti Politti

    The Word Girl

    • Dancing On Sunshine - 22 Reggae Hits.
    • Polygram Tv.

  • The Mavericks

    Dance the Night Away

    • Ultimate Country (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • The Monkees

    I'm A Believer

    • Rediscover The 60's-With A Little Hel.
    • Old Gold.
    • 7.

  • Pentatonix

    Can't Sleep Love

    • Pentatonix.
    • RCA.

  • The Rembrandts

    I'll Be There For You

    • The Love Songs Album (Various).
    • Universal.

  • The Who

    Substitute

    • The Who Hits 50! (Deluxe Edition).
    • Polydor.
    • 005.

  • Rudimental

    Lay It All On Me (feat. Ed Sheeran)

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Meghan Trainor

    Lips Are Movin

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.
    • 001.

  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Average White Band

    Pick Up The Pieces

    • The Best Of The Average White Band.
    • Hit Label.

  • Jigsaw

    Sky High

    • Billboard Top Hits 1975.
    • Rhino.

  • Rachel Platten

    Fight Song

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Shane Filan & Nadine Coyle

    I Could Be

    • (CD Single).
    • East West Records.
    • 001.

  • Go West

    King Of Wishful Thinking

    • Pretty Woman - Soundtrack.
    • EMI.

  • Them

    Baby Please Don't Go

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1965.
    • Premier.

  • The Proclaimers

    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

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

  • The Fratellis

    Chelsea Dagger

    • Now 65 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Leona Lewis

    Thunder

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Womack & Womack

    Teardrops

    • And They Danced All Night.
    • Debutante.

  • Jamie Lawson

    Wasn't Expecting That

    • Jamie Lawson.
    • Gingerbread Man Records.
    • 001.

  • The Pioneers

    Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

    • Young Gifted & Black (Various).
    • Trojan.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought

From Art Historian, Dr Jim Harris

Like most of the civilised world, I watched the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday. It was amazing: an astonishing display of power and skill, control under pressure and immense strength.

And like most of the civilised world, I was delighted and amazed by the footage of the All Black second row, Sonny Bill Williams, who intervened when a young New Zealand fan ran onto the pitch and was tackled by security as he tried to get to his heroes.

Now the security guy was right in a way: there needs to be care taken over public events and public spaces where thousands of people are all getting thoroughly overexcited.

But Sonny Bill Williams was right too, because in a situation like that, the strength of the response needs to balanced by the justice of the moment.

It's a bit like the line in the bible, where Job describes God and says this:
"If it is a matter of strength, he is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can challenge him?"

Now I'm not saying Sonny Bill Williams is God (although if you've seen him in action you'd be forgiven for thinking he might be). But what I would say is that just then, he did something that was so right, it felt like a reflection of Gods character.

Christians believe we're all made in the image of God. Β What that means is that we are all made to be like God and that when we're at our best, we all display something of his perfect character: we can be loving and generous, creative and imaginative, wise, kind, smart, gracious, compassionate and merciful - and we can temper mighty strength with unchallengeable mercy.

Perhaps, then, in those few seconds, Sonny Bill Williams was a bit like God, because he showed a little bit of what God is like; but no more or less than anyone else you might meet today - a teacher, a police officer, a shop assistant, a radio producer or your next-door neighbour - because I reckon everybody has that same potential to show us something perfect.

So, I'm planning to keep my eyes open around the people I meet today. I think I might see something really extraordinary.

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