Rowland Croucher
5 Passengers 4 Parachutes…
An aeroplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board, but only 4 parachutes. The first passenger said, “I am President Obama, the chosen one. The world needs me, I can’t afford to die.” So he took the first parachute and left the aircraft. The second passenger, Julia Gillard, said, “I […]
They Died in Vain; Deal With It (War in Afghanistan)
Published on Monday, August 8, 2011 by CommonDreams.org by Ray McGovern Many of those preaching at American church services Sunday extolled as ¢â‚¬Å“heroes ¢â‚¬ the 30 American and 8 Afghan troops killed Saturday west of Kabul, when a helicopter on a night mission crashed, apparently after taking fire from Taliban forces. This week, the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM) […]
Science of the social network (Facebook et. al)
Forget the scare stories, what effect is Facebook really having on how we interact with each other? Nick Harding gets an anthropological insight Monday, 1 August 2011 GETTY IMAGES Previous research into Facebook tended to fall into the pop-psychology bracket or concentrated on specific subjects Anyone for a spot of Facebook bashing? Thanks to […]
Darling, it’s over: Has technology made it impossible to have an affair?
Mobile phones, BlackBerrys, emails, social networking… Never before has it been so easy to cheat on a partner. But has technology made it simply too difficult for philanderers to cover their tracks? With evidence suggesting that fewer people are undertaking long-term extramarital love affairs, Nick Harding peers beneath the sheets and asks: is it the […]
Muslims and Mormons in America
Sightings 8/8/2011 — Martin E. Marty ¢â‚¬Å“Americans Feel Warmest Toward Jews, Mainline Protestants, and Catholics ¢â‚¬ was a much-discussed headline in last year ¢â‚¬â„¢s much-discussed American Grace, a survey-rich book on paradoxes in American religious life. The subtitle was How Religion Divides and Unites Us. Sample: non-Jewish, non-Catholic Americans, when asked toward which group ¢â‚¬Å“other than your own ¢â‚¬ do […]
MORE HUMO[U]R
Alligator’s Teeth A tourist was admiring the necklace worn by a local Indian. “What is it made of?” she asked. “Alligator’s teeth,” the Indian replied. “I suppose,” she said patronizingly, “that they mean as much to you as pearls do to us.” “Oh no,” he objected. “Anybody can open an oyster.” ============================ A drunk was […]
PRAY FOR THE WORLD (August 8, 2011)
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS WORK TO STOP ISLAMIC TAKEOVER RAMADAN – A TIME TO PRAY FOR ALL MUSLIMS U.K. DOCTORS CAN PRAY WITH PATIENTS AS LONG AS IT IS TACTFUL PRAYER ALERT FOR AFGHANISTAN WORLD POPLATION TO HIT 7 BILLION IN 2012 EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS WORK TO STOP ISLAMIC TAKEOVER In Egypt, protestors are […]
JESUS AS LIBERATOR (Richard Rohr)
I am going to talk to you about Jesus with a different slant, and maybe also about a totally different Jesus than we presently know. In 1970 Albert Nolan, O.P., the Master General of the Dominican Order, wrote a book titled Jesus before Christianity. It influenced many Christians to realize that most of us had […]
The simple life (Richard Rohr)
Saturday, August 6, 2011 Festival of the Transfiguration of Jesus We are all complicit in and benefit from what Dorothy Day called ¢â‚¬Å“the dirty rotten system. ¢â‚¬ That ¢â‚¬â„¢s not condemning anybody; it ¢â‚¬â„¢s condemning everybody because we are all complicit and enjoying the fruits of domination and injustice. (Where were your shirts and underwear made?) Usually the […]
Clean Humo[u]r
Whales A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that […]
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