But it’s true I hadn’t realised quite how much the discipleship of Jesus Christ would involve keeping up with email. Richard Coles Read Quote
I will be doing a lot of human interest interviews. It involves empathising and listening. Which is a lot of what my day job is about. And, frankly, the priesthood isn’t without its element of showbusiness. Richard Coles Read Quote
I can’t turn the clock back but I can seek the forgiveness of those I’ve wronged. Richard Coles Read Quote
I just looked preposterous. It would be ‘King Lear’ and I’d walk on with Cordelia’s dead body in my arms and the audience would hoot with laughter. The only time they didn’t laugh was when I was doing comedy. Richard Coles Read Quote
I am not in favour of hierarchies that grant privileges to members who fail to uphold those values – there are plenty of those – but the monarchy is really the Queen, who is of unimpeachable integrity and the longest serving head of state in the world, and who never puts a foot wrong. Richard Coles Read Quote
I still feel a spike of anticipation when ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’ strikes up and, in these andropausal years, I am unexpectedly moved by ‘Away in a Manger’. Richard Coles Read Quote
I am loathe to say I have a strategy in the broadcasting work I do, but I do think it is possible to be a priest who has something to contribute to mainstream media as long as you aren’t completely mad. Richard Coles Read Quote
I’m looking for some centrist political party to find a home in and it’s not there, actually. Richard Coles Read Quote
I suppose I’ve always had a very genuine curiosity about religion. I loved the atmosphere of churches, the ethos; I adored Evensong. Richard Coles Read Quote
