Rowland Croucher
‘She did not leave the airplane, the airplane left her.’ An Amazing Story of a woman who fell from the sky – and survived!
Sole survivor: the woman who fell to earth In 1971 Juliane Koepcke survived a plane crash in the Peruvian jungle. Only now can she bear to tell the full story, in her memoir When I Fell from the Sky Juliane Koepcke revisited the crash site in 1998 for Werner Herzog ¢â‚¬â„¢s documentary Wings of Hope By […]
Marriage Equality: What is a ‘Family’?
Truth is the forgotten family value George Monbiot May 16, 2012 Cultural conservatives’ moral concerns about marriage are based on a view of history that is almost entirely false. ‘THROUGHOUT history and in virtually all human societies marriage has always been the union of a man and a woman.” So says the Coalition for Marriage, […]
Humo[u]r
Officer to driver going the wrong way up a one way street. “And where do you think you are going?” Driver: – “I’m not sure, but I must be late because everyone else is coming back.” ============== A man awoke one evening to discover prowlers in his storage shed. He immediately called 911, gave his […]
Pray for the World May 14 2012
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 159 | Wed 16 May 2012 ————————————————— ACEH, INDONESIA: NEW GOVERNOR ADVANCES ISLAMISATION ————————————————— by Elizabeth Kendal Acehnese went to the polls on 9 April to elect a new governor. The incumbent, Irwandi Yusuf, running as an independent, had been favoured to win. However, in the end the people […]
English: a crazy language!
How Good is Your English? 1) The bandage was wound around the wound. 2) The farm was used to produce produce. 3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. 4) We must polish the Polish furniture.. 5) He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6) The soldier […]
Jews like Mormons & Muslims more than the ‘Christian Right’!!!
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 5/14/2012 Jewish Values — Martin E. Marty The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), alongside Gallup and Pew and other polling agencies, scored big this month. Right in the midst of the treated-as-cosmic discussion of ¢â‚¬Å“same-sex ¢â‚¬ marriage, a not-unnoticed media […]
What to do with your enemies
Toward the end of the Sunday service, the Minister asked, “How many of you have forgiven your enemies?” 80% held up their hands. The Minister then repeated his question. All […]
Henri Nouwen wisdom
Emptiness and Fullness Emptiness and fullness at first seem complete opposites. But in the spiritual life they are not. In the spiritual life we find the fulfillment of our deepest desires by becoming empty for God. We must empty the cups of our lives completely to be able to receive the fullness of life from […]
Richard Rohr wisdom
CONTEMPLATION IN ACTION Abraham Maslow points out in his ¢â‚¬Å“hierarchy of needs ¢â‚¬ that one cannot meet higher needs at any level of depth if the lesser needs are not first tended to. One cannot do an ¢â‚¬Å“end run ¢â‚¬ to levels of communion and compassion, for example, when one ¢â‚¬â„¢s basic security and survival needs have not […]
Movie Review – The Lady
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com Aung San Suu Kyi has made headlines again recently for her National League for Democracy (NLD) Party in Burma winning seats in Parliament for the first time since they officially won the national elections in 1988 but were unjustly prevented from taking office. This movie is therefore timely, as well […]
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