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Rhidian Brook, writer, celebrity and Christian
31/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Isn't Tom Jones just fantastic! And isn't his new album, Praise and Blame just fantastic too! With it's wonderful spiritual mixture of Invisible Magic Friend fearing gospel songs and its deep southern blues melodies, this has to be o -
Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic Studies and Public Understanding and Director of the Centre for the Study of Islam, University of Glasgow
30/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
My father used to tell me stories of the British Raj. Muslims and Hindus, who until then had gotten along splendidly, were set against each other by the British, thus heralding the tragedy of The Partition of India. One can understand the logic, af -
The Twat in the Hat
30/07/10
For all, like me, who love the Cat in the Hat, here is his evil twin.
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Screaming Dom Antony Sutch, a Benedictine monk
29/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
As you will know, many in my family are bankers, financiers and business people. My brother was chairman of an airline. On a trip with him to Hong Kong I was constantly referred to as Mr Sutch's brother, as if I was some sort of idiot relation -
Reverend Angela Tilby, Vicar of St Benet's Church in Cambridge
28/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Once again, there's nothing in the news, so I'll just talk about what I watched on telly the other night. First there was a programme about young people attending the Chelsea and Westminster HIV and Sexual Health clinic. This followed a b -
Reverend Dr Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral
27/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
When I was a boy, I used to line up row upon row of neat little plastic soldiers, commanded by an officer, sat on a hill giving both a military and a moral lead. I thought that's how war was conducted. Of course, now that I'm grown up, I -
Rabbi Lionel Blue
26/07/10
Rating 0 out of 5 (Not platitudinous)
Good morning Sarah, good morning Evan and good morning to you all, especially those of you who are now on holiday abroad and are making a special effort to listen to Thought For The Day from your bedroom overlooking the beach.
But holiday&# -
Rhidian Brook, writer, celebrity and Christian
24/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Facebook is BIG. It's really, really, really BIG. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think The Church Times website gets a lot of traffic, but that's just peanuts compared to Faceboo -
John Bell of the Iona Community
23/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Isn't the media just shameful? The way it treats gay people is just appalling. Every time gay people appear in TV dramas it's always in a negative light. They're portrayed as promiscuous, predatory or a figure of fun. I mean, tut, tu -
Rev Dr. (hon. Kingston) Dr. (hon. St. Andrews) Joel Edwards, International Director of Micah Challenge, Human Rights Commissioner, Council Member of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
22/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Depression is a bad thing. And it's not just me that thinks so, scientists think so as well. Thankfully, depressed people can be very creative, so we can all enjoy the benefits of their gloomy moods. In the arts, entertainment and philosophy, -
Right Awful Anne Atkins - Agonising Aunt and Vicar's Wife
21/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Jolly hockey sticks everyone! My hockey mistress made me take off my second hand school uniform skirt because it wasn't fashionable.
I just hated the privately paid for, exclusive, classical education that taught me to play music an -
Scientology not stupid
20/07/10
On a recent visit to London, Cardiff LibDem councillor, John Dixon, tweeted that Scientology was "stupid". As a result of a complaint, the Welsh public standards watchdog has investigated and has concluded that Dixon was likely to have breached the code of conduct for local authority membe -
Soberingly Reverend Tom Butler, ex-Lord Bishop of Southwark
20/07/10
Rating 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)
Accorrrding to New Sshientisht, poor people live young and dies fasht (hic!). They have teenage pregnanshees then turn to (hic!) turn to the bottle or the lottery ash a way out. They don't live ash long ash ush effluent pipple, sho they -
Rabbi Lionel Blue
19/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
I've told you about Fred before. Many of you Radio 4 listeners have told me how you also secretly speak to Fred. Even atheists and agnostics speak to Fred, except they call him their conscience or their sense of duty. They very rarely call him -
Platitude of the Day
17/07/10
Congratulations to Vishvapani who's getting married on Friday. I hope everything goes well and you and your wife-to-be have a wonderful day. May your life together be happy, loving and full of joy.
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Rhidian Brook, writer, celebrity and Christian
16/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Times are tough for us celebrity Christian writers. Things are getting so hard that I may have to cancel my monthly direct debit to charity. Didn't you know that I do a monthly direct debit to charity? No? Well, you do now. Do you do a monthly -
Changes to our Terms and Conditions
16/07/10
By canon law, we are required to inform you of any changes to the terms and conditions of your membership of the Catholic Church. These changes do not affect your membership of the Church and you need take no action as a result.
In 2001, with its divinely inspired and infallible moral lea -
Rev Dr. (hon. Kingston) Dr. (hon. St. Andrews) Joel Edwards, International Director of Micah Challenge, Human Rights Commissioner, Council Member of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
15/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Raoul Moat did some very bad things. He shot his ex-girlfriend. That was a bad thing. Then he shot and killed her new boyfriend. That was a bad thing too. Then he shot and blinded PC Rathbone. That also was a bad thing.
There's a Fa -
Right Awful Anne Atkins - Agonising Aunt and Vicar's Wife
14/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
We can't keep putting more and more people in prison, says Ken Clarke.
What's prison for? Punishment? Justice? At this point I'd just like to quote Portia (she's a character from the Merchant of Venice, that's a -
Soberingly Reverend Tom Butler, ex-Lord Bishop of Southwark
13/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Shum times you jusht have to compromise (hic!). I mean, take women bishopsh. Shum people, on a matter of prinshipal, they think (hic!) they think, on princpipal, that women are jusht the shame ash men and of course they can be bishops. OK, they can -
Clifford Longley, a distinguished Catholic gentleman who talks a lot about religion
12/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Saying sorry is so important. I really can't stress how much it matters to say "sorry". Michael Gove has said "sorry", and a jolly good thing too. Maybe politicians should say "sorry" a bit more often.
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InCREDOlous
12/07/10
A new blog has started, sending up The Times' Credo column. Can't think where an idea like that might have come from.
http://incredolous.blogspot.com/
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Brian Draper, Associate lecturer at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
10/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Brian here, in Southampton, an associate lecturer at the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity where we envision and equip Christians, and the leaders, churches and organisations that serve them, with the biblical framework, practical reso -
Rampantly Reverend Lord Professor Bishop Baron Reverend Lord Richard Harries, Baron Pentregarth, Gresham Professor of Divinity, Baron, Bishop, Professor, Lord...
09/07/10
Rating 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)
52,000 Roman coins have been found in Somerset. They date from the 3rd century, which is a very long time ago. Even very longer ago though, are the 950,000 year old flints found in Norfolk. They're from a very, very long time ago. But even v -
Rev Dr. (hon. Kingston) Dr. (hon. St. Andrews) Joel Edwards, International Director of Micah Challenge, Human Rights Commissioner, Council Member of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
08/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
It's terrifying! Women are becoming the majority of the workforce. They're taking over businesses. In China, the proportion of businesses run by women almost matches their proportion of the population. No wonder China's such a misera -
Does God have a sense of humour?
08/07/10
We all know that the Invisible Magic Friend likes a bit of a laugh. Who can forget his hilarious little tease of Job, or all the fun that his chosen people have enjoyed throughout history. But you do have to wonder if there isn't just a smidgeon of vindictiveness in there. The mayor of Leiceste -
Soberingly Reverend Tom Butler, ex-Lord Bishop of Southwark
07/07/10
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
I've had to forgo my regular early morning glass of sherry as I'm going to another very important inter-faith conference. We important people of faith will discuss how very similar we are to each other, how much we have in common -
Right Awful Anne Atkins - Agonising Aunt and Vicar's Wife
06/07/10
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
Why can't other people be more like me? I've had a long and happy marriage to the vicar. Lots of my relatives have had long and happy marriages too. That's because we're all fine, upstanding, decent, worthy Christian fo -
Reverend Lucy Winkett, Canon Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral
05/07/10
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
I want to talk to you today about spies. Naturally, we Canon Precentors are deeply involved in espionage. I'd love to tell you all about it but then I'd have to shoot you, so you'll just have to trust me on this one.
Is sp -
Cristina Odone
04/07/10
Look at me! Look how Holy I'm being! Look! Look! Look! I'm praying for someone who disagrees about the nature of an abstract anthropomorphic almighty being. Look, I'm being Holy! That's what makes me better than him, me being Holy and all. He's not Holy. If I had throat canc -
Scrap compulsory daily worship in schools
03/07/10
The government is keen to hear about unnecessary regulations that could be scrapped. Well, here's one that's a no brainer. By law, all schools are required to hold a daily act of worship that is wholly or mainly Christian in character.
No one should be forced to worship someone -
Midsummer Clemmies
03/07/10
There have been a lot of valiant efforts this month. Reverend Angela Tilby pointed out that the Saville Report was exactly the same as the Book of Revelation. There was lots of stuff about football and how it's exactly the same as religion: kinda pointless but people seem to get very excited ab -
Vishvapani (a much nicer name than Simon Blomfield)
03/07/10
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
Rich people are living longer than poor people. This presents a challenge to doctors. You see doctors aren't very bright and generally just look in their big book of pills to see which one to prescribe. Doctors don't realise that -
Lusciously Reverend Lord Professor Bishop Baron Reverend Lord Richard Harries, Baron Pentregarth, Gresham Professor of Divinity, Baron, Bishop, Professor, Lord...
02/07/10
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Isn't the crucifixion just brilliant? Even Jews think it's brilliant. Of course for a long time they didn't think it was brilliant. They thought it was horrible because Christians used to persecute them, but thanks to Hitler's a -
Reverend Roy Jenkins, Baptist Minister in Cardiff
01/07/10
Rating 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)
The Justice Secretary wants fewer people in prison. He has to convince critics that he hasn't gone soft on crime, as well as convince communities that those being released do not pose a threat. But his biggest challenge, if he is to achieve -
Christopher Hitchens
01/07/10
I'm sure I won't be alone in wishing Christopher Hitchens a speedy recovery.
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