Then the hippy stuff like Pink Floyd started to raise questions about how I lived my life and the world in which I lived. ALAN GREEN FloydHippyLivePinkQuestionRaiseStartStuffWorld
People do it differently in different cultures because they have different interpretations, that’s how it should be. ALAN GREEN CultureDifferentDifferentlyInterpretationPeople
I grew up in the church, with traditional hymns, but at the same time I was beginning to listen to pop music, the mid-60s. ALAN GREEN BeginChurchGrewHymnListenMidSameSixtyTimeTraditional
I promise to look after everyone in the community, not just those who come to church, not just white people, not just the Christians. ALAN GREEN ChristianChurchComeCommunityEveryoneLookPeoplePromise
The Beatles, which had just as much influence on me as those hymns did. ALAN GREEN BeautiesHymnsInfluenceMuchThose
Xavier, who looks just like Zeus, not that I have any idea what Zeus looks like. ALAN GREEN HaveIdeaLikeLookXavier
Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead ALAN GREEN AllAroundCountryDeadOverPlaceWith
The language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time. ALAN GREEN ChurchCountryLanguageReflectTimeVictorian
And that’s not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they’ll go to hell. ALAN GREEN AchieveConvertGoHellShout
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 AnotherBodyChallengeChurchDifferenceGrowListenRequire
It’s about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity. ALAN GREEN ChristianityGiveOpportunityReimagine
I don’t know where this Arctic wind has come from but it’s freezing! ALAN GREEN ArcticComeFreezeKnowWhereWind
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 AmazingBibleBookChurchEroticHardLoveNoticePoemSongTryVery
They care about their club, and that’s why they always have something good to say, even when it is negative ALAN GREEN AlwaysClubEvenGoodNegativeSaySomething
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 ColonialismEmpireHistoryLostMuchParticularPathRather
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 ChurchConservativeDueEnemyGiveGovernmentOutSpokeTime
This will be their 19th consecutive game without a win unless they can get an equaliser. ALAN GREEN ConsecutiveEqualiserUnlessWin
Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life. ALAN GREEN BeingChristianCultureDifferentLifeLiveOnePeopleWay