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 BBC 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: Learning The Bicycle
Author: Wyatt Prunty
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Title: The Caravan
Author: Clare Pollard
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Title: A Single Man
Author: Christopher Isherwood
Publisher: Simon & Shouster
Title: The Wisdom of Tenderness
Author: Brennan Manning
Publisher: HarperOne
Title: The Journey
Author: Mary Oliver
Publisher: Grove Press
Title: The Demon-haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark
Author: Carl Sagan
Publisher: Paw Prints
Title: Leaving Alexandria: A memoir of faith and doubt
Author: Richard Holloway
Publisher: Canongate Books
Title: Not Love Perhaps
Author: ASJ Tessimond
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Title: The Bible - Corinthians 13. 4-7
Author: New International Version
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Title: The Gateway
Author: AD Hope
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Title: The Bible - John 4.18
Author: New International Version
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Title: The Bible - Isaiah 43. 1-2
Author: New International Version
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Broadcasts
- Sun 20 Nov 201606:05BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sun 20 Nov 201623:30BBC Radio 4
