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SO WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH?
Sightings 7/23/2012 Episcopal Church Adapting to Culture – Martin E. Marty Miracles do happen. They are happening recently in the media world on the church front. Critics are responding to recent attacks on the Episcopal Church. Inspired by reports of the obvious, that that church body has experienced very significant losses of membership and church attendance in […]
Drugs in Sport
Short race, lasting legacy Date July 15, 2012 Tim Lane Canada’s Ben Johnson streaks to a 100 metres world record at the 1988 Games. Photo: AP A SUPERB documentary last Tuesday night on SBS provided a salutary reminder of the threat posed to the integrity of sport by performance-enhancing drugs. Daniel Gordon’s film The Race That Shocked The […]
Beauty: If you’re pretty and you know it, don’t show it
Date July 22, 2012 Sam de Brito Handsome yet despicable … Mad Men’s Don Draper. “I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool,” Daisy Buchanan says of her daughter in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Though I’d never wish cretinism on my little […]
Australia and refugees…
If only other countries took as many refugees BY:BARRY COHEN From:The Australian July 19, 2012 12:00AM If only other countries took as many refugees … Source: The Australian TO anyone seeking to take up the issue of refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, returnees, stateless persons et al, I have one word of advice — don’t. You’ll finish up […]
Gun control in the U.S.? Unlikely
Grief and anger, but US unlikely to budge on guns Date July 22, 2012 Simon Mann An archaic clause made the atrocity in Colorado possible ANOTHER day in America, and another mass shooting. It’s amazing how a 24-year-old wielding an assortment of firearms can in a few senseless moments render impotent the most powerful political […]
Ten of the most polluted places on the planet
JOHN PICKRELL ABC Environment 23 JUL 2012 Radioactivity warning sign on a hill at the east end of Red Forest near Chernobyl. MORE THAN 100 million people worldwide are exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals. These pollutants include radionuclides, industrial chemicals, pesticides and heavy metals, which may come from activities such as mining, industry, […]
Humo[u]r
A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store and he does a double take. He recognizes that the saucer is extremely old and very valuable, so he walks casually into the store and offers to buy the […]
Richard Rohr’s wisdom July 2012 [2]
Hebrew Scriptures interpreted by the Prophets Many times Christians have downplayed the Hebrew Scriptures. Even our term the ¢â‚¬Å“Old ¢â‚¬ Testament could imply that they are out of date, that they don ¢â‚¬â„¢t apply anymore. That ¢â‚¬â„¢s why I prefer to call them the Hebrew Scriptures. I want that to be foundational in our Living School, because […]
Roger Federer: most ‘beautiful’ sportsperson ever?
The beauty of artful Roger Timothy Boyle July 15, 2012 PERHAPS more than his remarkable record, Roger Federer has shocked people with the mode of his performances. There’s something purely aesthetic about Federer that endears him to an audience beyond the tennis world. He’s described as an artist, a genius, and other such terms usually […]
Nigeria: why the slaughter?
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 168 | Wed 18 Jul 2012 NIGERIA: TERROR IN PLATEAU STATE by Elizabeth Kendal Numbering around 30 million, the Fulani (also known as Fulbe) are the largest nomadic tribe in the world, with around half living in northern Nigeria. Like the traditionally nomadic Tuareg who are mostly based in […]
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