Set Them Free
Writer and priest Malcolm Doney examines the importance of affording our loved ones the freedom they need to blossom.
Writer and priest Malcolm Doney examines the importance of affording our loved ones the freedom they need to blossom.
For Malcolm, the hardest part of being a parent is to let his children go in order for them to fledge. From encouraging them to walk, to taking the stabilisers off their bike, it means allowing them to make mistakes, get hurt and ultimately learn from the process. Malcolm also looks at how having faith is really a matter of letting go. In conclusion, Malcolm argues that it is by letting go that we set ourselves free.
The programme features poems from Clare Pollard and A S J Tessimond which evoke the spirit of freedom, contrasted with readings from Carl Sagan who documents the human hunger for absolute certainty and Nina Simone who argues that true freedom is the absence of fear.
Presenter: Malcolm Doney
Producer: Jonathan O'Sullivan
A TBI Media production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Music Played
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The Tierney Sutton Band
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
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Abel Korzeniowski
Becoming George
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Richie Havens
Freedom
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Bob Dylan
It Ain't Me Babe
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Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew (How It Would Feel To Be Free)
Readings
Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Learning The Bicycle
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 Wyatt Prunty
Publisher: 听听听听听听 Johns Hopkins University Press
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Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 The Caravan
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 Clare Pollard
Publisher: 听听听听听听 Bloodaxe Books
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Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 A Single Man
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 Christopher Isherwood
Publisher: 听听听听听听 Simon & Shouster
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Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 The Wisdom of Tenderness
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 Brennan Manning
Publisher: 听听听听听听 HarperOne
Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 The Journey
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 Mary Oliver
Publisher: 听听听听听听 Grove Press
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Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 The Demon-haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 Carl Sagan
Publisher: 听听听听听听 Paw Prints
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Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Leaving Alexandria: A memoir of faith and doubt
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 Richard Holloway
Publisher:听听听听听听听 Canongate Books
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Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 Not Love Perhaps
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 ASJ Tessimond
Publisher:听听听听听听听 Faber and Faber
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Title: 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 The Bible - Corinthians 13. 4-7
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 New International Version
Publisher:听听听听听听听 Hodder & Stoughton
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Title: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The Gateway
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 AD Hope
Publisher:听听听听听听听 University of Queensland Press
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Title: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The Bible - John 4.18
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 New International Version
Publisher:听听听听听听听 Hodder & Stoughton
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Title: 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 The Bible - Isaiah 43. 1-2
Author: 听听听听听听听听听听 New International Version
Publisher:听听听听听听听 Hodder & Stoughton
Broadcasts
- Sun 20 Nov 2016 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Sun 20 Nov 2016 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4