BBC Radio Devon – Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause for Thought recently, I’ve been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, we will go to the Palace of Versailles, Paris. The place that speaks of kingship, revolution and Enlightenment. Louis XIV’s reign set the events in motion that... Continue Reading →
BBC Radio Devon - Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause for Thought recently, I've been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, we will go to Cambodia: Possibly my earliest childhood memory of TV news, was seeing the unfolding genocide in Cambodia under the Pol Pot regime between... Continue Reading →
BBC Radio Devon - Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause For Thought this week, I’ve been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, on our final visit, we will go to the British Parliament. On Wednesday 27th March this year, I attended PMQ’s with my father at the... Continue Reading →
Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon: At the end of Disney’s The Jungle Book, Mowgli sees a girl from the village collecting water, and he is utterly enchanted! The panther Bagheera and the Baloo the bear are trying to deliver him safely into the village; but whilst... Continue Reading →
Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon: Whilst watching The Jungle Book with my two year old daughter, the threat of Shere Khan the tiger loomed large. All week I’ve explored key themes within the Disney film as it relates to following, contentment, trust, identity and belonging. Today, Shere Khan... Continue Reading →
Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon: There is nothing quite like snuggling up with your children to watch a cartoon. As my daughter snuggled in, we enjoyed Disney’s The Jungle Book, and so far this week, we’ve looked at significant themes within the songs: following, contentment, trust... Continue Reading →
Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon: Using the brilliant Disney film ‘The Jungle Book’ this week, we’ve thought about following, anxiety and trust. Today we look at identity. The monkeys had kidnapped Mowgli and taken him to their leader, the orangutan King Louie, who wanted the power of... Continue Reading →
Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon: As my daughter and I were recently watching Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book,’ she snuggled in as the snake began his manipulative charm on Mowgli, singing, “Trust in me, just in me…’ Even she could see his sinister intent! So far this week we’ve... Continue Reading →
Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon (at 25 minutes and 38 seconds in): Recently, I was watching The Jungle Book with my two year old daughter. Yesterday we looked at the ‘Elephant March Song’ and what it means to follow. The second song that got my theological juices... Continue Reading →
Below is my script for Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Devon (at 24 minutes & 22 seconds in): In my role as a Baptist Minister, I meet incredible people. Whether in the church I serve; or with trainee youth workers in the South West, or international missionary Bible students. Their motivation to pursue the truth... Continue Reading →
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