Rowland Croucher
Legalise same-sex marriage but also permit religious freedom
ON 15 MAR 2012 Australian Marriage Equality has welcomed a letter sent by a group of multi-faith clergy to all 150 members of the House of Representatives in support of a bill to legalise same-sex marriage while permitting religious freedom. The bill, introduced by Independent MP Andrew Wilkie, is set to be debated in the […]
Youth Turned Off by Religion and Politics, Turn Away From Church
(Photo: REUTERS/Sean Gardner) Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (C) receives a blessing from Pastor Dennis E. Terry, Sr. (L) after being interviewed by Family Research Council President Tony Perkins (R) at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church in Greenwell Springs, Louisiana March 18, 2012. March 19, 2012|1:11 pm Young people are turning away […]
Humo[u]r
It was the firs day of school, and the first grade teacher decided to see how much her students knew about math. ¢â‚¬Å“Steven, can you tell me what is 3 and 2? ¢â‚¬ Steven said, ¢â‚¬Å“That ¢â‚¬â„¢s when you should watch very, very carefully before you swing at the next pitch. ¢â‚¬ =============== A man goes to the […]
THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
The Cloud of Unknowing, written by an unknown English mystic in the 14th century, is one of those books where I remember exactly where I was when I read it (walking around the English Bay seawall). Our ministry at First Baptist Church Vancouver came to an abrupt end, and I was privileged to spend a […]
MIDDLE EAST: ISLAMIC POWER BLOCS TO TRAMPLE MINORITIES
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 151 | Wed 21 Mar 2012 By Elizabeth Kendal The Middle East is undergoing a massive upheaval wherein Islamist powers are struggling for regional and Islamic supremacy. According to terrorism analyst Yossef Bodansky, the ‘buffer’ that prevents the Islamic blocs from ‘fratricidal violence’ is the ‘Fertile Crescent of Minorities’ […]
Robert Schuller and the Demise of the Crystal Cathedral
1. New beginnings for split Crystal Cathedral flocks By Tori Richards GARDEN GROVE, California | Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:59am EDT (Reuters) – After taking a breakaway congregation out of Crystal Cathedral, a daughter of the retired televangelist who built the faltering California mega-church led services on Sunday at a movie theater and urged followers […]
A HUMOURIST, A BISHOP, AND A MYSTIC: THREE BOOKS
Fiona Gardner (ed.): Precious Thoughts: Daily Readings from the correspondence of Thomas Merton (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2011), Milton Jones: 10 Second Sermons… and even quicker illustrations (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2011), Steven Cottrell: How to Pray: Alone, with others, at any time, in any place (Church House, 3rd edition, 2010). The Trappist monk Thomas […]
Pray for the World March 19, 2012
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER JAPAN REMEMBERS ONE YEAR AFTER THE TSUNAMI CRY HOLLYWOOD – A WATERSHED PRAYER EVENT THE QUEEN DEFENDS THE CHURCH AT JUBILEE EVENT PRAYER FOR BURMA SYRIAN CHRISTIANS ASK FOR PRAYER NO COMEBACK FOR RELIGION IN EUROPE ALBINO GIRL MURDERED FOR BODY PARTS JAPAN REMEMBERS ONE YEAR AFTER THE TSUNAMI Joseph W. […]
Pat Robertson: ‘Legalize Marijuana!’
Pat Robertson Says Marijuana Use Should be Legal By JESSE McKINLEY Published: March 7, 2012 RECOMMEND TWITTER LINKEDIN SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SHARE Of the many roles Pat Robertson has assumed over his five-decade-long career as an evangelical leader ¢â‚¬” including presidential candidate and provocative voice of the right wing ¢â‚¬” his newest guise may perhaps […]
Irish Medical Dictionary :-)
The Irish have the lowest stress rate because they do not take medical terminology seriously … Medical Term Irish Definition Artery The study of paintings Bacteria Back door to cafeteria Barium What doctors do when patients die Benign What you be, after you be eight Caesarean Section A neighbourhood in Rome Cat scan Searching for Kitty […]
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