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I think what we’re really bad at doing is recognising that it is possible to have lost of different views within the church.

Alan Green

But we’ve got all the language wrong and made this divide between secularism and spirituality, whereas instead it’s about being human.
ALAN GREEN

Being Divide Human Instead Language Made Secularism Spiritual Wrong
That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism.
ALAN GREEN

Colonialism Empire History Lost Much Particular Path Rather
They care about their club, and that’s why they always have something good to say, even when it is negative
ALAN GREEN

Always Club Even Good Negative Say Something
It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
ALAN GREEN

Back Everton Game Put Road Ship
You don’t score 64 goals in 86 games at the highest level without being able to score goals.
ALAN GREEN

Able Game Goal Highest Score
The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint.
ALAN GREEN

Bible Blueprint Day Every Inspiration Life
Then the hippy stuff like Pink Floyd started to raise questions about how I lived my life and the world in which I lived.
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Floyd Hippy Live Pink Question Raise Start Stuff World
Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.
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Blow Check Watch Whistle
As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church’s role in losing people.
ALAN GREEN

Century Church Develop Lose People Surprise Twenty
The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice.
ALAN GREEN

Amazing Bible Book Church Erotic Hard Love Notice Poem Song Try Very
This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser.
ALAN GREEN

Consecutive Equaliser Unless Win
Spirituality is a natural part of ourselves, as natural as emotions.
ALAN GREEN

Emotion Natural Ourselves Spiritual
That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.
ALAN GREEN

Another Body Challenge Church Difference Grow Listen Require
Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead
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All Around Country Dead Over Place With
In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.
ALAN GREEN

Church Conservative Due Enemy Give Government Out Spoke Time
As a teenager I was very clear that I wasn’t in the church just to toe the line, but I saw there was a capacity within Christianity and the bible not to fall into line but to question the status quo, that’s what kept me in the church.
ALAN GREEN

Bible Capacity Church Clear Line Question Saw Status Teenager Very

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