Rowland Croucher
FIVE SECRETS OF A GOOD LIFE
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Remembering Mum’s Clothesline
Remembering Mum’s Clothesline There is one thing that’s left out. We had a long wooden pole (clothes pole) that was used to push the clotheslines up so that longer items (sheets/pants/etc.) didn’t brush the ground and get dirty. You have to be a “certain age” to appreciate this one…. (But you […]
GOD RID ME OF GOD (based on Meister Eckhart)
God rid me of God. God rid me of God. Of the smallness of that which I comprehend. Of the arrogance to believe that I see clearly That these answers I hold so dearly could be just another notch on this belt of my own insecurity. They may help to hold up my pants but […]
A Prayer/Reflection on Peace
Our Father God, in the name of your son and our saviour Jesus Christ, we come before you at this time as we reflect upon the gift of your peace. O Lord Jesus, you have said to us ¢â‚¬ËœPeace I leave with you. ¢â‚¬â„¢ This peace that you give is not that of this world: it […]
Richard Rohr’s Wisdom
THE SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE When good things can also be recognized as bad things, then you have the spiritual gift of discernment. This will also allow you to see that many things which are good for you are also bad things for other people, the animals, or the earth. It forces you beyond ¢â‚¬Å“either/or ¢â‚¬ thinking […]
THE SECRET OF RADIANT LIFE (W E Sangster)
THE SECRET OF RADIANT LIFE (W E Sangster), London: H&S 1957 Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s the best 20th century book on practical Christ-like holiness in the English language, published twenty years before Richard Foster ¢â‚¬â„¢s Celebration of Discipline. W E Sangster, commonly acclaimed as the ¢â‚¬Ëœgreatest Methodist since Wesley ¢â‚¬â„¢ was a unique pastor/scholar/saint, and one of the first […]
American Religion and Cultural Dominance
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings 5/7/2012 Cultural Dominance — Martin E. Marty The class will please come to order. Our text today is ¢â‚¬Å“The Law of Cultural Dominance, ¢â‚¬ formulated by David Kaplan in Cultural Evolution, published fifty-two years ago, and noticed too little since. […]
MOTHERING SUNDAY May 2012
MOTHERING ¢â‚¬“ Who Does It? Sermon to be preached at East Doncaster Baptist Church May 13, 2012 by Rev. Jan Croucher ~~ Our theme today claims it can be done by anyone. 1 Cor 13:1-8a, 1 John 4: 7-21 INTRODUCTION: ¢â‚¬ËœMothering Sunday ¢â‚¬â„¢ seems now to be the preferred name for this special day. I happen […]
Muslims and Evangelicals countering prejudice
Muslims and Evangelicals countering prejudice: A conversation with Marcia Pally and Mustapha Tlili Chantal BaxABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 3 MAY 2012 ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION WAS TENDENCY TO BLAME RELIGION FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THE WORLD. CERTAIN RELIGIONS THEN CAME TO BE PICKED OUT AS “UN-MODERNIZABLE” ONES. […]
Pray for the World May 7 2012
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER PRAYING FOR THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AMAZING ACCOUNTS OF SCORES OF MUSLIMS COMING TO CHRIST SYRIA: AN URGENT CALL FOR PRAYER SECURLARISTS USING CHRISTIANITY AS SURROGATE FOR ISLAMIC RADICALS CLAIMS ARCHBISHOP ONE IN FIVE TEENS ENGAGE IN TECH SEX CHUCK COLSON DIES AGED 80 PRAYING FOR THE LONDON […]
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