Rowland Croucher
C S Lewis in Time September 8, 1947
The lecturer, a short, thickset man with a ruddy face and a big voice, was coming to the end of his talk. Gathering up his notes and books, he tucked his hornrimmed spectacles into the pocket of his tweed jacket and picked up his mortarboard. Still talking ¢â‚¬”to the accompaniment of occasional appreciative laughs and squeals […]
Check-list for Pastors: High standards for a high calling
A ¢â‚¬Ëœprofession ¢â‚¬â„¢ is a group of people engaged in an occupation or calling whose competency depends upon specialised knowledge. A pastor ¢â‚¬â„¢s ¢â‚¬Ëœspecialised knowledge ¢â‚¬â„¢ is theology ¢â‚¬“ knowledge of/about God. So their professionalism is enhanced by disciplined and prayerful reflection on how Christian faith impacts specific situations in the lives of people. Pastors and other […]
Equal love for the Gay Community
A plea from a young Christian man…. by Benji Watson ([email protected]) I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been warring with myself for a while on how to write about this. I even had to ask myself, ¢â‚¬Å“Benji, why do you want to write this article? What is your motivation? ¢â‚¬ Finding the motivation behind every choice, I think, is an important […]
Affirmation and Purpose (Whose is that face staring back at me?)
“Anyone who needs 50,000 people a night to tell them they’re OK has to have a bit missing. And I do mean that in terms of your sense of self ¢â‚¬ – Bono ¢â‚¬Å“Everybody ¢â‚¬â„¢s famous here but nobody ¢â‚¬â„¢s known. ¢â‚¬ – U2, Lucifer ¢â‚¬â„¢s Hands We live in a society where more and more people don ¢â‚¬â„¢t know what […]
Religious stuff: humor
Why Go to Church? One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to get ready for church, to which he replied, “I’m not going.” “Why not?” she asked. I’ll give you two good reasons,” he said. “(1), they don’t like me, and (2), I don’t like […]
Income and Wealth Inequality: Religion’s Current Efforts Won’t Cut It
by MYRIAM RENAUD Thursday | Nov 20 2014 The only remaining, major, organized institutions in the US with enough scope and moral authority to launch efforts to reverse this country ¢â‚¬â„¢s growing income and wealth inequality are the religions. Other institutions have waned; today ¢â‚¬â„¢s labor unions represent only 7% of private sector employees. Delays matter: as […]
Islam: solution or problem, that is the question (Dr. Mark Durie)
Posted: 23 Nov 2014 01:06 PM PST An earlier version of this article appeared in the November 2014 edition of The Melbourne Anglican.A slogan of the Muslim Brotherhood is ¢â‚¬Å“Islam is the solution ¢â‚¬ . Dean Philip Jensen recently stated in regard to the Islamic State (ISIS) that ¢â‚¬Å“It is time to face the truth that Islam […]
C S Lewis in Time (September 8, 1947)
The lecturer, a short, thickset man with a ruddy face and a big voice, was coming to the end of his talk. Gathering up his notes and books, he tucked his hornrimmed spectacles into the pocket of his tweed jacket and picked up his mortarboard. Still talking ¢â‚¬”to the accompaniment of occasional appreciative laughs and […]
Crazy/stupid/funny one-liners
Murphy says to Paddy, “What ya talkin into an envelope for?” “I’m sending a voicemail ya fool!” Paddy says “Mick, I’m thinking of buying a Labrador .”Blow that” says Mick “have you seen how many of their owners go blind?” 19 paddies go to the cinema, the ticket lady asks “Why so many […]
Anglican Priest/gay activist Bernard Mayes, dies
His obituaries seem to be in every major US newspaper. Here’s one: ~~ Bernard Mayes, founder of first suicide hotline, dies at 85 Mayes, an Anglican priest who left the ministry and later became an atheist, married the couple in San Francisco. He died Oct. 23 at age 85. By STEVE C HAWKINS Bernard Mayes, […]
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