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Sara Cox sits in for Chris Evans and presents a fully interactive show for all the family, featuring music, special guests and listeners on the phone.

2 hours, 59 minutes

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Wed 18 Apr 2018 06:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Wham!

    Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

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

  • Blossoms

    I Can't Stand It

  • M People

    Moving On Up

    • The Best Of M People.
    • BMG.

  • Anita Ward

    Ring My Bell

    • Songs Of Love.
    • Big Break Records.
    • 9.

  • Deep Blue Something

    Breakfast At Tiffany's

    • This Year's Love (Various Artists) C.
    • Global Television.

  • 补鈥恏补

    Take On Me

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

  • Alice Merton

    No Roots

    • (CD Single).
    • Paper Plane Records International.

  • Carly Simon

    You're So Vain

    • The Very Best Of Carly Simon.
    • Global Television.

  • Tom Petty

    I Won't Back Down

    • Tom Petty - Anthology.
    • MCA.

  • Tiggs da Author

    Run (feat. Lady Leshurr)

    • Bridget Jones's Baby O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Bill Haley and His Comets

    Rock Around The Clock

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Shires

    Guilty

    • Accidentally On Purpose.
    • Decca.

  • Tina Turner

    The Best

    • Tina Turner - Simply The Best.
    • Capitol.

  • CeeLo Green

    Cry Baby

    • The Lady Killer.
    • WEA.
    • 1.

  • Donna Summer

    Love's Unkind

    • Best Of Donna Summer.
    • Warner Bros..

  • Chic

    Le Freak

    • The Very Best Of.
    • Rhino.

  • Destiny鈥檚 Child

    Bootylicious

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Daryl Hall & John Oates

    You Make My Dreams

    • Greatest Hits.
    • RCA.
    • 5.

  • Kings of Leon

    Molly's Chambers

    • Crash! Indie Anthems 1982-2004 (Var).
    • BMG.

  • Labelle

    Lady Marmalade

    • Soul Chartbusters (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • Calvin Harris

    Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.

  • Kylie Minogue

    Stop Me From Falling

    • Golden.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • Steve Winwood

    Higher Love

    • Music Of The Year: 1986 (Various Artists).
    • Universal-Island Records.

  • Garbage

    Stupid Girl

    • (CD Single).
    • Mushroom.

  • Earth, Wind & Fire

    Fantasy

    • The Best Of Earth Wind & Fire.
    • CBS.
    • 5.

  • Craig David

    Magic

    • The Time Is Now.
    • Insanity Records.

  • Culture Club

    I'll Tumble 4 Ya

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • The Nolans

    I'm In The Mood For Dancing

    • Chegger's Choice (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
    • 1.

  • The Specials

    A Message To You, Rudy (feat. Rico Rodriguez)

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

  • Niall Horan

    On The Loose

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI.

  • Quincy Jones

    Ai No Corrida (feat. Dune)

    • Hits Of 1981 & 1982 (Various Artists.
    • Polydor.

  • Julian Lennon

    Too Late For Goodbyes

    • The Greatest Love Vol.2 (Various).
    • Charisma.

  • George Ezra

    Cassy O'

    • Wanted On Voyage.
    • Columbia.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

Ruth Scott, Anglican Priest and Quaker:

Much to my surprise, I鈥檝e found these last few weeks quite a challenge. I know how to 鈥榙o鈥� being well, and how to 鈥榙o鈥� being seriously ill, but recovery is another matter altogether. I identify very much with a character in the gospels who鈥檚 been out of action for many years. On meeting him Jesus asks, 鈥淒o you want to be healed?鈥� It seems like a ridiculous question, but it鈥檚 so perceptive. Once he鈥檚 better the man will have to support himself instead of being able to rely on others, and he will lose his place in the community of broken people that have been his 鈥榝amily鈥� while he鈥檚 been ill. After Jesus heals him the man finds everything too much and goes to hide in the temple until Jesus turfs him out with the words, 鈥淪ee, you are well!鈥� In other words 鈥� 鈥榞et on with your life!鈥�

I identify very much with this man. My body has been battered by cancer treatment and it鈥檚 taking longer than I鈥檇 like to get back up to speed. When I was ill I didn鈥檛 worry about anything because I was too ill to deal with normal demands. Now I鈥檓 recovering there are still times I don鈥檛 feel up to that task and want to run away and hide. As I鈥檝e tried to understand this experience I鈥檝e come to see that the story of the man Jesus heals is about much more than physical healing.

I think there鈥檚 a part of each of us that sometimes feels overwhelmed by life, and is paralysed into inactivity because we don鈥檛 know what to do. At such times we may want other people to sort out our problems for us, even though, with a little encouragement and faith we could work things through - I鈥檝e found folk, including me, are usually much more capable than we realise. There are no simple answers: Becoming the person we have it in us to be is sometimes hard. But when I鈥檓 inclined to hold back, I repeat in my head the exclamation of Jesus, 鈥淪ee, you are well!, draw a deep breath, and take that first difficult step. 聽聽聽

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