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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

View from Mount Everest 360 degrees

                                                                              This is really breathtaking, but make sure you click the icon on the right hand side to get the full screen   http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen2/full22.html

PRAY FOR THE WORLD 5 December 2011

AUSTRALIAN   PRAYER   NETWORK   NEWSLETTER AT LEAST 45 CHRISTIANS KILLED IN NIGERIA SURVEY REVEALS HOW PORNOGRAPHY IS POISONING CHRISTIAN HOMES HOW PERSISTENCE AGAINST THE ODDS OVERTURNED SEX WEEK AT YALE UNIVERSITY INCOMING SPANISH PRIME MINISTER TO REPEAL ANTI-FAMILY LEGISLATION OF PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT COMPANY HALTS WORLD’S FIRST TRIAL OF USING EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS TWICE ABANDONED BABY IS […]

Braco’s Enchanting Gaze (what do you make of this?)

Sightings    12/1/2011   Braco ¢â‚¬â„¢s Enchanting Gaze — Alan Levinovitz   According to his official website, Braco (pronounced braht-zo) is a gentle Croatian man with a remarkable gift: a silent gaze that induces  ¢â‚¬Å“transformative changes ¢â‚¬  and  ¢â‚¬Å“profound experiences ¢â‚¬  in the hundreds of thousands who attend his  ¢â‚¬Å“gazing sessions. ¢â‚¬                   Braco is a purportedly non-denominational phenomenon. […]

December 3 is International Day Of People with Disability

Don’t DIS my ABILITY….Dec 3 International Day of People with Disabilityhttp://www.dontdismyability.com.au/   “Together for a better world for all:Including persons with disabilities in development”  http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1561     “my biggest fear is that you’ll not see me here I am not lost am not to be found I am here you may see the stare you may […]

Pray for the World November 2011

Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 136 | Wed 30 Nov 2011 NOVEMBER 2011 UPDATE By Elizabeth Kendal WELCOME to the intercessors who have joined the list this month. We must understand the times in which we live (Luke 12:54-56): persecution is escalating at an alarming rate. So: ‘Stay alert and be persistent in your […]

Loving the sinner: hating the sin

On the last day of November 2011 I put this on to my Facebook site:   Friends, I’ve not seen a decent article unpacking this idea: Andrew Marin’s book Love is an Orientation   comes closest, as, from the conservative side, the EA’s Stereotypes book and a Sydney Anglican book published about two decades ago.   So […]

Ethical behaviour more than just about following rules

Judith Bessant November 30, 2011OPINION Public trust has been eroded, but there is a way to remedy this. If all the plastering of codes of ethics and value statements on the walls of meeting rooms in corporate and government organisations is anything to go by, we may well draw the conclusion we are living in […]

White Ribbon Day: Violence Against Women

It was White Ribbon Day  on Friday  – 25 November 2011 http://www.whiteribbon.org.au/     On White Ribbon Day 2011, disturbing & frightening statistics  were released on the level of violence in Pacific & Melanesian communities. According to press reports,”Violence against women & exploitation of girls…..is endemic,with rates of abuse & rape now among the worst in the world”. “In […]

“JESUS CHRIST” AMONG WORDS BANNED FROM TEXT MESSAGES IN PAKISTAN FOR BEING “FALSE, FABRICATED, INDECENT OR OBSCENE”

The  Pakistan  Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has banned  ¢â‚¬Å“Jesus Christ ¢â‚¬  from use in text messages, among a list of terms deemed  ¢â‚¬Å“false, fabricated, indecent or obscene ¢â‚¬ . The PTA wrote to Pakistani mobile phone companies on 14 November ordering them to start blocking messages containing nearly 1,700 banned words and expressions. The letter accompanying the dictionary of terms said […]

Thoughts to start the day…

Teach me, good Lord: Not to murmur at the multitude of business or the shortness of time. Not to call attention to crowded work or petty fatigues. Not to gather encouragement from others, lest this should interfere with purity of motive. Not to seek praise, respect, gratitude, or regard from superiors or equals on account […]