tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post4202142032098772601..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Lent TalksCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-12812911678043876632014-04-12T20:29:00.617+01:002014-04-12T20:29:00.617+01:00That bit about the Stations of the Cross really he...That bit about the Stations of the Cross really held my attention. She described it very well.<br />Then she dismissed it as a fiction and began going all 'holistic' on us: Visiting Disneyland, tracing the steps of union activists, creating eco-pilgrimages, all being the same as Catholic rituals; and believers and disbelievers being bound by the mind's ability to pull place through space-time and allow us each to build our own Jerusalems here...though she stopped short of saying "in England's green and pleasant land"!<br />On the 'something understood' principle of Herbert's Prayer I and Radio 4' Something Understood', I guess it was all meant to be poetically suggestive, and deep in some way. <br />Next week it's Barack Obama's left-leaning spiritual advisor. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-1957775578118045072014-04-09T21:03:20.573+01:002014-04-09T21:03:20.573+01:00Gave Marina Warner as long as I could.
But it was ...Gave Marina Warner as long as I could.<br />But it was nearly all about HER and a few name drops like Seamus Heaney.<br />This despite a promising start about the Stations of the Cross, which could have taught us something.<br />But -like so many of these types-Jesus provides an excuse for them to emote to no purpose....classic C of E, sadly these days.<br />Happily, Channel 4 had Shola Ameobi(Lent Diaries 7.55) on to explain his faith-which was far more relevant to serving Christ.<br />chrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198777332934873417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-58624586124129491722014-04-08T23:46:34.246+01:002014-04-08T23:46:34.246+01:00Thanks for putting this lot up.
Could not be clear...Thanks for putting this lot up.<br />Could not be clearer what the direction of travel here is.<br />Let`s see if a Christian ever gets a chance to pontificate on the meaning of Ramadan as Tariq once did.<br />The only one on this list I recall actually BEING scriptural and having the point of Easter to give us was John Lennox.<br />Terry Eagletons was better that I`d have expected too...but the likes of Cherie Blair? Helena Kennedy?Bonnie Greer?<br />And there was me thinking that Jesus cleared the Temple (Bar).chrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04198777332934873417noreply@blogger.com