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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Australian Politics: Intelligent discussion all but extinct

On July 24, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Barry Jones July 21, 2011OPINION Tony Abbott’s objection to the proposed carbon price: ruthlessly simplistic.  Photo: Peter Braig People are better educated than ever yet debate is dumbed down. An article by  The Age’s Michael Gordon titled ‘He says She says’ last week, included a disturbing paragraph in which he quoted Tony Abbott, in South Dandenong, answering […]

THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE (Richard Rohr)

On July 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Richard’s Daily Meditations LOVING THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE: The First Half The first half of life should lead one to become a better law-observing Catholic or whatever one ¢â‚¬â„¢s tradition might be. Yet staying in the first half of life too long gives the ego so much satisfaction that the vast majority of people remain […]

All I know about ethics, I learned at sword-point

On July 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Keith Dunstan July 17, 2011OPINION Copies of Britain’s News of the World newspaper.  Photo: AFP Keith Dunstan thought bending the rules was a lark – until the night he beat the police to the scene. ONE can only weep over the dreadful events that have caused the demise of the  News of the World. The standards of […]

Knowledge and Wisdom

On July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

LOVING THE TWO HALVES OF LIFE: The First Half Friday, July 22, 2011 Feast of Mary Magdalene Years ago, in my theology class, I questioned the distinction between knowledge and wisdom as used both in Isaiah (11:2 [1]) and in Paul (1 Corinthians 12:8-9 [2]). Weren ¢â‚¬â„¢t they two words for the same thing? I realize […]

Seniors’ $2.99 breakfast special

On July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

If you are a senior you will understand this one, if you deal   with seniors this should help you understand them a little better, and if   you are not a senior yet……..God willing, someday you will   be…… The $2.99 Special We went to breakfast at a restaurant where the ‘seniors’  special ¢â‚¬â„¢ was two eggs, bacon, hash […]

Review: Harvey Cox ‘The Future of Faith’ (2009)

On July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I have an unusual hobby: I collect generalizations. The scholars who supply them have a magisterial grasp of their subject, and can offer outrageously simple  ¢â‚¬Ëœglobal statements ¢â‚¬â„¢ without fear of contradiction. This book is full of them. Harvey Cox retired from  the Hollis Chair of Divinity at Harvard University  in October 2009 (he was the ninth person […]

The Future of Price Spikes (this is serious!)

On July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Red vs. green  Rising incomes give more people a taste for meat, which is costlier to produce than vegetables  Alexandre Severo for TIME Matthew Niederhauser / Institute for TIME Supply  A fishmonger in Moscow. World fisheries’ production is projected to increase 15% by 2020  Igor Starkov / Agency.Photographer.ru for TIME Thomas Malthus lived in an era much like today’s […]

Hitler’s sex dolls for soldiers…

On July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Hitler ordered Nazis to make sex dolls so soldiers wouldn’t catch syphilis from prostitutes By  DAILY MAIL REPORTER 11th July 2011 Adolf Hitler ordered the Nazis to develop sex dolls to send to his troops being ravaged by disease after sleeping with French women, it’s been revealed. The synthetic ‘comforters’ were made from silicone and designed […]

Islam: Why do Muslim Women wear Head Coverings?

On July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

For Muslim immigrants in the U.S., the days following 9/11 were a harrowing encounter with American hate. iPod-bearing, second-generation techies faced insults in Silicon Valley parking lots; schoolgirls in headscarves were attacked; mosques across the country were vandalized. For many months, it seemed unclear whether America’s Muslims  ¢â‚¬” from the cocktail-swilling secular to the mosque-attending […]

It’s All Greek to U.S.

On July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

by Fareed Zakaria   illustration by oliver munday for time As Europe confronts another act in its Greek drama, many are watching and wondering, Is the U.S. next? Could our debt-ceiling debate be the beginning of a crisis that makes the world lose faith in American credit? Anything could happen, but it’s worth noting the […]

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