Simon Mayo interviews Jim Wallis

Simon Mayo of BBC Radio 5 interviewed Jim WallisJim Wallis on Friday. You can listen to this interview via the five live website. Click on Friday 17^th Feb the interview starts at

1:10:52

.

The interview centre’s around Wallis’s new book God's Politics and his relationship with Gordon Brown.

“the monologue of the religious right is over in

America

and a new dialogue has begun” says Wallis. Certainly my scanning of various

US

blogs would seem to suggest that this change has or is happening. That said it seems that the “religious right” be it here in the UK or in the US still seem to have the “louder” voice and therefore shape the public perception of what a follower of Jesus is all about.

It made a pleasant change to listen to someone represent the church in the media and not sit there and cringe! Go listen.

Sim

Comments

[Elaine]

Thanks for the link - interesting interview!

[brodie]

now worries Elaine - it's just nice for a change to listen to a Christian being interviewed in the media and not cringe!

[Andy S]

Hi Brodie, I also heard the interview. Was very refreshing to hear it and I thought Wallis was very articulate and did a lot to give some respectability to faith's involvement with politics. Also liked Mayo's reference to Bono as an OT prophet!

[Brodie]

I know from your blog Andy that your a Bono fan and yes I too would think that Bono is like an OT prophet. I also think that God has used and prehaps will continue to use Geldof even if Sir Bob does not recognise this.

I must however admit to being frustrated with Christians who question Bono's walk with Jesus because he doesn't conform to what "they" thinka Christian should be. We need to get behind people like this, pray for them, encourage them etc.