Rowland Croucher
An Australian Hymn To The Tune Of Waltzing Matilda
An Australian Hymn To The Tune* Of Waltzing Matilda (Waltzing Matilda is Australian slang for journeying on foot with one ¢â‚¬â„¢s bundle of personal belongings (a matilda) slung over the shoulder.) Once a ghostly swagman camped by our billabongs under the shade of our old gum trees. And he sang as he watched and […]
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS
Although Sunday, November 13 is the designated 2011 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Churches in Australia are invited to hold it any time from Sunday 6th to Sunday 13th November. The IDOP, which was first organized in 1996 by the World Evangelical Fellowship, has evolved into one of the largest worldwide prayer […]
Rowland Croucher’s 2011 Reading…
Hi! Stephen Webb has asked for a summary of this/recent years ¢â‚¬â„¢ best books. Challenging! I try to read a couple a week, and do a review or two each fortnight. A very brief selection: For devotions I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been trawling through the US Presbyterian Book of Common Worship and The Upper Room ¢â‚¬â„¢s A Guide to Prayer […]
Top 10 Reasons Why Men Shouldn’t Be Ordained
June 26, 2009 10. A man ¢â‚¬â„¢s place is in the army. 9. For men who have children, their duties might distract them from the responsibilities of being a parent. 8. Their physical build indicates that men are more suited to tasks such as chopping down trees and wrestling mountain lions. It would be ¢â‚¬Å“unnatural ¢â‚¬ for […]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2011
Muslim Persecution of Christians: September, 2011 by Raymond Ibrahim Posted: 19 Oct 2011 This is a repost of an article published in Hudson New York. See HERE. An especially busy month in the persecution of Christians in the Muslim world, September also witnessed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton release the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. Ironically, […]
A Chaplain Remembers
Alan F Wright A Chaplain Remembers: Lifelong Reflections on the Educational and Spiritual Values shaping the William Carey Chapel (South Kingsville: WestGate Publishing, 2006) Reviewed by Darren Cronshaw A Chaplain Remembers is the memoirs of the ministry and career of Alan Wright and his inspiration for the William Carey Chapel. While chaplain at Carey Baptist […]
Choose Life (Richard Rohr)
CHOOSE LIFE ¢â‚¬”CHOOSE DEATH All religions in their own way talk about ¢â‚¬Å“dying before you die ¢â‚¬ ! They are all indeed saying that something has to die. We all know this, but often religions have chosen the wrong thing to kill, which has given us a very negative image. In almost all of history it […]
Humo[u]r
A woman tells her priest, “Father, I have a problem. My two female parrots only say, ‘Hi, cutie. Wanna have some fun?’ “ “Don’t worry,” says the priest. “I have two male parrots who only pray and read the Bible. We’ll put them in the same cage – your parrots are sure to stop saying […]
Noam Chomsky: Invading, not investigating, has led to a decade of violence
Noam Chomsky November 3, 2011OPINION “Barack Obama has now added the risk of nuclear explosions”. Photo: AFP As we all know, the United Nations was founded ”to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”. The words can elicit only deep regret when we consider how we have acted to fulfil that aspiration, though there […]
Justifying Advocacy – Speaking Truth to Power
On Wednesday, 19 October 2011, Andrew Sloane of Morling College gave the 2011 John Saunders Annual Lecture, presenting a biblical and theological framework that justifies advocacy as a legitimate component of Christian involvement in the world, calling on ¢â‚¬Ëœpower ¢â‚¬â„¢ to be used justly for the poor and disadvantaged. The John Saunders Lecture seeks to address […]
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