tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post2748871747711783042..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: Nativity: God out of the BottleBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-57467550712074414602010-12-25T15:13:04.027+00:002010-12-25T15:13:04.027+00:00Thank you so much for posting this interview and t...Thank you so much for posting this interview and the clips. I look forward to - someday, someday - being able to watch "Nativity" here in the States. You ARE lucky to have the BBC.<br />And we are lucky to have your blog to read.<br />Many blessings to you and those you love.Laurel Masséhttp://www.laurelmasse.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-58477090065696184422010-12-24T00:54:45.053+00:002010-12-24T00:54:45.053+00:00God in a bottle -- great thought. God is out and ...God in a bottle -- great thought. God is out and about - and not to be contained in church or covenant.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-37463718124123862652010-12-23T17:07:21.147+00:002010-12-23T17:07:21.147+00:00Thanks for the link to full interview with Tony Jo...Thanks for the link to full interview with Tony Jordan. The BBC 'Nativity' is excelling my expectations. Can't wait for episode 4 at 7 this evening to find out what happens next!Nancy Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08414597433860002332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-31894924374397530342010-12-23T16:47:00.293+00:002010-12-23T16:47:00.293+00:00Glad others are enjoying this as much as we are......Glad others are enjoying this as much as we are... after years of nativity plays we thought we weren't going to be struck in such a fresh way by this story ever again.<br /><br />Tony Jordan's comments on how the Scribes and Pharisees like to believe they have God in their bottle for the rest of us reminded me of the need for humility in all religious institutions, and how the Incarnation is God breaking out of our expectations about him in a new way, just as the pregnancy confounded Joseph's earthly hopes for his marriage in its early stages...<br /><br />We are so lucky to have the BBC!Bishop Alan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-59309007694609470702010-12-23T14:49:31.992+00:002010-12-23T14:49:31.992+00:00For me one of the most telling bits of the intervi...For me one of the most telling bits of the interview was when he asked the scientist to tall him about 'dark matter' but replacing the term with 'God' - something we can't see, can't explain but which we know is there because of the effect it has. <br /><br />Real scientists know that they don't know everything & can't explain everything, so are not scornful of the mystery of religion.<br /><br />And real believers, equally know how little they know and how much is beyond human explanation.<br /><br />And I do so agree with Tony Jordan about some of what organised religion does being very 'Life of Brian'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-68790928396362866252010-12-23T14:22:14.903+00:002010-12-23T14:22:14.903+00:00We laughed out loud at last night's episode wh...We laughed out loud at last night's episode when Mary said "Joseph, it's not what you think!"<br /><br />The script, the acting, it has all been spot on.Greg Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795008618836745837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-74681895767716950702010-12-23T14:00:13.532+00:002010-12-23T14:00:13.532+00:00Thankyou so much for the chance to hear this inter...Thankyou so much for the chance to hear this interview. Surprising, honest and very moving. Not what I would have expected. He does have a point about who 'owns' God.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com