Rowland Croucher
Women and Orthodox Judaism
Published 02:48 30.12.11 Orthodox Judaism treats women like filthy little things If a man and a woman are drowning in a river, first they’ll save the man, ‘who is obligated to perform more commandments,’ whereas a woman’s ‘wisdom is only in the spindle.’ In fact, ‘words of Torah should be burned rather than being given […]
Egypt: the latest
markdurie.com blog Outlawry in Egypt: the disturbing case of Sayyid Al-Qemany, friend of freedom Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:31 PM PST Things are not going well for lovers of freedom in Egypt. Egypt is under a moral and spiritual siege. Freedom of speech is deteriorating rapidly, because of rather than in spite of the ‘Arab […]
Gunter Pauli: The Blue Economy
(Impressive entrepreurial gifts! Rowland),,, Published 16 August 2011 | University of Sydney Gunter Pauli: The Blue Economy Science and Technology Gunter Pauli has a dream. The Belgian economist and entrepreneur has a plan to develop 100 manufacturing innovations with viable business models that could generate 100 million jobs in 10 years. All with zero emissions and no […]
The Jesus Driven Life
From: Nathan Nettleton <[email protected]> Subject: Book Review: The Jesus Driven Life I’ve just finished reading an outstanding book called “The Jesus Driven Life: Reconnecting Humanity with Jesus” by Michael Hardin (Lancaster: JDL Press, 2010). It is not easy to find, but can be ordered online from the author athttp://www.preachingpeace.org/jdlpress/ It comes with enthusiastic Foreword and […]
Humo[u]r
IS IT SCOTCH? On the first day of school, the children brought gifts for their teacher. The florist’s son brought the teacher a bouquet of flowers. The candy-store owner’s daughter gave the teacher a pretty box of candy. Then the liquor-store owner’s son brought up a big, heavy box. The teacher lifted it up and […]
Islam and Modern Politics
Arab Democracy Is the Best Bet for a Muslim Reformation When the state isn’t hostile to religion, Islam isn’t a bankable political issue. By Matthew Kaminski Egypt left a couple of enduring images to finish the year of Arab tumult. There were the long lines of patient faces, each waiting to cast the first meaningful […]
Being a Pastor Doesn’t Automatically Make You a Sex Therapist
Driscoll, ¢â‚¬Å“Real Marriage, ¢â‚¬ and Why Being a Pastor Doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t Automatically Make You a Sex Therapist By Rachel Held Evans Evangelicals expect too much of their pastors. In addition to demanding they serve as nearly flawless leaders and teachers, many of us demand that our pastors serve as professional counselors and advisors, experts on everything […]
Celtic Spirituality
There has been a renaissance of interest in Celtic spirituality in the last few decades. Although most-things-Celtish are associated with Ireland, the Celts lived at various times throughout most of Western Europe. In fact, Paul ¢â‚¬â„¢s letter to the Galatians was probably written to a Celtic group living in Asia Minor. The most famous Celtic evangelist […]
Paul: ‘inspired’? What does that mean?
(Sent by a friend: in what sense was Paul ‘inspired’ differently from, say, you or myself? Challenging article). What, or Who, do I seek from Paul? All documents have a context which shapes how we read them. We read a scientific paper with different eyes and expectations from those we hold for a newspaper article […]
Russia: Europe’s most religious nation
By Fred Weir 20 years after the collapse of the atheistic Soviet Union, faith is no longer floundering JewishWorldReview.com | OSCOW ¢â‚¬” (TCSM) Two decades after the collapse of the USSR, history’s most atheistic state, the vast majority of Russians attest to a belief in the Divine ¢â‚¬” more than in any other […]
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