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 GREENBut we’ve got all the language wrong and made this divide between secularism and spirituality, whereas instead it’s about being human.
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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.
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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.
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The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint.
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Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead
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I promise to look after everyone in the community, not just those who come to church, not just white people, not just the Christians.
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As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church’s role in losing people.
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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.
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And that’s not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they’ll go to hell.
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I’d signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England.
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I’ve bought QPP shares but unfortunately both times I bought it they immediately dropped by over 10p.
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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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It was the game that put the Everton ship back on the road.
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They care about their club, and that’s why they always have something good to say, even when it is negative
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I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people.
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Do you pay much attention to the dealing notes?
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I’ve never really separated out the spiritual and the secular.
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As a parish priest of the Church Of England.
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Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn’t playing
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I don’t know where this Arctic wind has come from but it’s freezing!
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It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry.
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Phil Dowd checks his whistle and blows his watch.
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John Arne Riise was deservedly blown up for that foul
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The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time.
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But we’ve got all the language wrong and made this divide between secularism and spirituality, whereas instead it’s about being human.
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People do it differently in different cultures because they have different interpretations, that’s how it should be.
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Spirituality is a natural part of ourselves, as natural as emotions.
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