What I wear identifies me as a priest. I don't agree with all this trying to appear 'normal'. If you want that to be normal, don't take off your dog collar and then put it on again, because what you're… — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
The dog collar is fascinating to people, when it doesn't repel. I've got used to being shouted at in the street. — Richard Coles Copy Share Image
I spend much of my time in a broadly liberal secular world but I don't belong to it, I belong somewhere else. — Richard Coles Copy Share
God chooses to arrive among the poor and the insignificant and the politically awkward, so what are we missing when we overlook them? — Richard Coles Copy Share
The thought of having sclerosis of the synapses is alarming. I wonder if in later life I will pay the price for having overstimulated… — Richard Coles Copy Share
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 Copy Share
This unthinking assumption of moral virtue on the Left is frustrating. I saw someone on Facebook talking about capitalist scum, he was angry and… — Richard Coles Copy Share
In corporate life, I have noticed, it is getting harder and harder to say that things are bad. — Richard Coles Copy Share
I am not in favour of hierarchies that grant privileges to members who fail to uphold those values - there are plenty of those… — Richard Coles Copy Share
Trying to do Christianity properly is tough. Life as a priest is rigorous and disciplined. It involves sacrifices. — Richard Coles Copy Share
I got lucky with my parents. They were unfailingly loving and supportive, which gave me confidence about my place in the world. — Richard Coles Copy Share
I will be doing a lot of human interest interviews. It involves empathising and listening. Which is a lot of what my day job… — Richard Coles Copy Share
I don't think of myself as a maverick at all. Quite the opposite - I really think of myself as quite conventional but dispersed… — Richard Coles Copy Share
Jesus comes among us, in our all division, not to instruct, comfort or inspire but to die. In doing so, He answers the sum… — Richard Coles Copy Share
Like most people, I cook about a dozen dishes, over and over again, and to stretch the menu has meant stretching my competence to… — Richard Coles Copy Share
