Rowland Croucher
Greece: can you believe this/them?
Helena Smith Athens Phillip Inman Greece appeared intent on taking make-or-break talks over a ¢â€š ¬130bn ( £108bn) rescue programme for the debt-choked country down to the wire last night as officials announced that the discussions would be delayed. Confounding market expectation and European hopes, the government said agreement over the […]
Leadership Skills: Tools for Policy Impact (brilliant!)
The tools included here have been presented with the ‘context, evidence, links’ framework in mind, grouped under the headings Research Tools, Context Assessment Tools, Communication Tools, and Policy Influence Tools, plus an overarching framework section. This overview is not meant to be all-inclusive; there are several other tools available – for example within […]
Pray for the World 6 February 2012
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER ATTENDANCES SWELL IN BRITAIN’S CHURCHES WORLD PRAYER ASSEMBLY: LET THE ‘NEW WAVE’ OF HIS GLORY FILL THE EARTH MUSLIMS FIND JESUS AT HIGH COST IRAQ WELCOMES IRANIAN MILITIA PRAY FOR THE CHRISTIAN MINORITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA GLOBAL YEAR OF PRAYER FOR MOZAMBIQUE 2012 ATTENDANCES SWELL IN BRITAIN’S CHURCHES Church […]
Syria February 2012: Two Perspectives
1. A terrifying menu for Syria ¢â‚¬â„¢s endgame By Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star Now that the Arab League has decided to ask the United Nations Security Council to back its plan to resolve the crisis in Syria, the prospects of international involvement in Syria inches forward just a bit more. This adds a new […]
Guy And A Bucket Of Shrimp
Guy And A Bucket Of Shrimp This is a true story, Hope you appreciate it and want to pass it along. It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite […]
Henri Nouwen – more wisdom
The Intimacy of the Table The table is one of the most intimate places in our lives. It is there that we give ourselves to one another. When we say, “Take some more, let me serve you another plate, let me pour you another glass, don’t be shy, enjoy it,” we say a lot more […]
Michael Hardin, The Jesus-Driven Life: Reconnecting Humanity with Jesus
The Gist of Michael Hardin’s The Jesus-Driven Life: Reconnecting Humanity with Jesus, JDL Press, 2010. When well-read Christians list the most influential exponents of their faith the names include Paul, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Barth, Bonhoeffer, Tillich, C.S. Lewis ¢â‚¬ ¦ Michael Hardin says we must now add the name Rene Girard. Girard ¢â‚¬â„¢s main contribution to Christian hermeneutics? […]
Overcoming Depression
From a friend: Over the last 2 years I have experienced a very significant decrease in the severe depression I had been struggling with for 40 years since adolescence. Prior to 2 years ago I was regularly deeply depressed (in the pits) for days, weeks or months at a time. In the last 2 years […]
‘Embrace Christ Not Religion…’
So… Was Jesus a Christian? See http://jmm.org.au/articles/9664.htm
PRAYER OF A HUMBLE SERVANT
(Some of you might pray this ‘Covenant Prayer’ regularly in Communion Services): I am no longer my own, but Yours. Put me to what You will, rank me with whom You will; Put me to doing, put me to suffering; let me employed for You or laid aside for You; exalted for You or brought […]
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