Rowland Croucher
UPGRADES :-)
Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend to Husband and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend. In addition, Husband uninstalled many other valuable programmes, such as Romance and Personal Attention and then installed undesirable programs such as Rugby, Football, […]
Spiritual Direction
What to Expect in Christian Spiritual Direction By Thomas Hart. Presence, vol. 13. March 2007, p. 39 – 44 ————————- Many people today want to grow in the spiritual life. Among other things, they wonder, “Should I seek and find a spiritual director to help me on my way?” But that soon generates other questions. […]
The Middle East has just shattered five conventional beliefs
By Marwan Muasher Saturday, March 12, 2011 With President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in Egypt – widely considered to have one of the region’s most stable regimes until only recently – and Colonel Moammar Gadhafi clinging to power in Libya, there is no clear end in sight to the turmoil sweeping across the Arab world. Protests […]
The Church of Geese (Soren Kierkegaard)
Kierkegaard, S ƒ ¸ren. Journals. Edited by Alexander Dru. Translated by Alexander Dru. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1959. 252-53 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Domestic Goose A Moral Tale ¢â‚¬Å“Try to imagine for a moment that geese could talk ¢â‚¬”that they had so arranged things that they too had their divine worship and their church-going. ¢â‚¬Å“Every Sunday they would meet together […]
Same-Sex Unions
In defence of same-sex unions FRANK BRENNAN MARCH 09, 2011 The messy same-sex marriage debate continues in Australia and in the US. I remain of the view that we should not extend the definition of marriage to include same-sex unions; that we should legislate to recognise same-sex unions; and that we should leave questions about the […]
Islam: Selling out the Koran
March 6, 2011 Chris Berg There’s nothing in Islam that says people shouldn’t be rich, peaceful and free. FIRST Tunisia, then Egypt, and now Libya: Muammar Gaddafi looks set to join the cohort of fallen Middle East dictators. And about time too. Under Gaddafi’s tribe-centric Stalinism, Libya has consistently ranked in the bottom 10 countries […]
Anti-Semitism the Despots’ Tool of control
Scapegoating is an instrument of control Hopefully a new Arab generation will see past the hateful rhetoric. By Jonathan Gurwitz/Express-News Sunday, March 6, 2011 In a book that will be published this week, Pope Benedict XVI delivers an exhaustive refutation of the claim that the Jewish people bear collective responsibility for the death of Jesus. […]
Worship Wars
A Rant from a Loser in the Worship Wars By Chaplain Mike UPDATE: I ¢â‚¬â„¢m not sure if some of you did not read the post carefully or if I communicated poorly, but I want to clarify something. This post is NOT about music styles and what styles are better or worse. This post is ultimately […]
Church Offerings
I’ve recently written a paper for our congregation on “Thinking about Church Offerings”. I figure that some of the ideas in it might be helpful to other churches, so I’ve pasted it below. I’d welcome any feedback or suggestions for other ideas that have helped your people think responsibly about their giving. Peace and hope, […]
Hell
Sightings 3/7/2011 Hell ¢â‚¬â„¢s Bell — Martin E. Marty Americans may have thought that cracks in the fa ƒ §ade and framework of evangelicalism would show up most visibly when serious evangelicals argued whether Sarah Palin or Mike Huckabee would be the better presidential candidate. But now we have a chance to see that other divisive issues among […]
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