Rowland Croucher
Ex-nun a cardinal sinner in the mind of the church
Barney Zwartz September 22, 2011 Pope a goner: Patricia Fresen says soon the Bishop of Rome will be just another Italian bishop. Photo: Justin McManus PATRICIA Fresen prefers being quietly subversive to openly confrontational, but the 70-year-old former Dominican nun is like a purple rag to a bull to the Vatican. She says she is a […]
KEEP THE GRAY/GREY MATTER ACTIVE
Questions 1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? 2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh? 3.. Before Mt. Everest […]
Why I’ve changed my mind about judges and ‘lenient’ sentences
Andrea Petrie September 3, 2011 It’s easy to criticise judges, harder to balance the scales of justice. I WILL never forget the night my twin brother Al haemorrhaged more blood than I had ever seen after he and a group of mates were attacked by two carloads of thugs armed with baseball bats. A shard […]
IRAN: STATE VIOLENCE & PERSECUTION ESCALATING
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 126 | Wed 21 Sep 2011 IRAN: STATE VIOLENCE & PERSECUTION ESCALATING; pray for Youcef Nadarkhani trial verdict 25 September By Elizabeth Kendal Under President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Iran has become more assertive in its quest to lead the Muslim world in Islamic Revolution. The regime has been greatly aided […]
Expose on Cult Leader Failed to Expose
September 19, 2011 When Channel Seven’s “Sunday Night” host Chris Bath introduced last Sunday’s opening segment on a cult leader claiming to be Jesus Christ, my expectations soared when she said this special investigation had been eight months in the making, and would be presented in no fewer than three parts. Wow, I thought. Eight […]
CONTEMPLATION (Richard Rohr)
What happens in contemplation is that we move beyond doctrines and dogmas to calm inner experience of the same. When we move to the level of experience, we see that this self is only a ¢â‚¬Å“radio receiver ¢â‚¬ and is not to be taken too seriously, for it is always changing stations and is filled with […]
Evolution, Evil and Original Sin
DARYL P. DOMNING Of all the puzzles of existence that challenge our religious ideas, none cause more anguish and more crises of faith than suffering, death and evil. From the dawn of human sensibility these have resisted what Leibnitz called theodicy ¢â‚¬”vindication of the justice of God. Even today, many thinkers and mystics confronted by the […]
Pray for the World September 19, 2011
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER NIGERIAN ARMY SAID TO HAVE HELPED IN SLAUGHTER OF CHRISTIANS FIJI GOVERNMENT AGAIN CANCELS METHODIST CONFERENCE IRAN SEIZES THOUSANDS OF BIBLES IN BID TO STOP CONVERSIONS TO CHRISTIANITY CHRISTIAN LEADERS PUBLISH LETTER IN MAJOR U.K. NEWSPAPER CALLING BRITAIN TO CHRIST PRAY FOR THE LIBERATION OF NORTH KOREA COPTIC CHRISTIAN BILLIONAIRE SEEKS […]
CAN WE INCREASE GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS?
Peter Singer ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 15 SEP 2011 THE HIMALAYAN KINGDOM OF BHUTAN IS KNOWN FOR TWO THINGS: HIGH VISA FEES, WHICH REDUCE THE INFLUX OF TOURISTS, AND ITS POLICY OF PROMOTING “GROSS NATIONAL HAPPINESS” INSTEAD OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. The small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known internationally for two things: high visa fees, which reduce […]
Horse sense….
Two Horses Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it. From a distance, each horse looks like any other horse. But […]
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