Rowland Croucher
Contraception and Abortion…
My Catholic friends: Emergency contraception blocks fertilisation and so has nothing to do with abortion… ~~ Opening the gates to a better deal for women LESLIE CANNOLD July 14, 2012 THIS past Thursday, I “live tweeted” highlights from London’s Family Planning Summit, a joint enterprise of the Gates Foundation and the British government. The best of […]
Fighting Superbugs
Smarter, cleaner approach needed to fight superbugs Lindsay Grayson July 14, 2012 IF AN alien from outer space were to assess what humans have done with antibiotics, they would surely consider us a rather stupid species. Since the first key antibiotic, penicillin, was invented in the early 1940s we have misused and wasted these precious […]
Same sex marriage (NZ Anglicans, and United Reformed Church UK)
ON 11 JUL 2012 The General Synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has decided to talk about marriage. Without dissent, and after a debate that at times included displays of raw emotion, the synod passed a resolution that ¢â‚¬Å“asks Episcopal Units to hold conversations in our church and with the […]
Jewish Identity
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 7/12/2012 The Liberalization of Judaism: Redefining Religion in Israel? – Marc H. Ellis Recent articles in the Israeli and American Jewish press heralded or opposed the recent Israeli Supreme Court ruling that opens up aspects of Israeli religious life to the […]
Vale Frank Fricke (aka ‘Frickster’)
I’ve just come from one of the most memorable ‘thanksgiving services’ I’ve ever attended. The order of service began with a welcome: Welcome to all of you welcome to those who believe welcome to those who do not believe welcome to those who do not know what to believe welcome to those who believe in […]
ABC Religion and Ethics transcript: Same-sex Marriage.
Excerpts from an ABC Religion and Ethics program, broadcast 11 July, 2012: (This interview followed another with a couple of Catholics who have a different view to mine. Transcript here . Note: I’ve edited my part of the transcript to correct a few misspellings, and tidy up the wording). Andrew West: But Christians aren ¢â‚¬â„¢t unanimous in […]
FAITHFULNESS
THE FRUIT OF FAITHFULNESS. WEDNESDAY KOINONIA JULY 11TH 2012. We all identify with the concept of making New Year Resolutions. Whether it is to lose weight, get more exercise, read the Scriptures more regularly, prioritise more time to our partner, complete a home renovation job, or finish that sewing we stuffed in a cupboard ages […]
The Plight of Christians in Syria
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 167 | Wed 11 Jul 2012 ———————————————————– SYRIA: CHRISTIANS’ PLIGHT LOST UNDER MOUNTAIN OF PROPAGANDA ———————————————————– by Elizabeth Kendal Without a doubt, the greatest lie being told about the Syrian conflict is that it is being waged by President Assad against ‘the Syrian people’. This is pure propaganda. In […]
Richard Rohr: Right vs Left
POWER AND POWERLESSNESS / RIGHT AND LEFT Lenin is supposed to have said, shortly before he died, that if he had to do his Russian revolution over again, he would have asked for ten Francises of Assisi rather than more Bolsheviks. He realized that something imposed by domination and violence from above only creates the […]
Ten Cliches Christians Should Never Use
Maybe ‘use with caution’: food for thought here… July 6, 2012 By Christian Piatt We Christians have a remarkable talent for sticking our feet in our mouths. When searching the words most commonly associated with ¢â‚¬Å“Christian, ¢â‚¬ the list ain ¢â‚¬â„¢t pretty. I think part of this can be attributed to a handful of phrases that, if stricken from […]
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