Rowland Croucher
Porn has hijacked sexuality and is destroying men
Gail Dines October 14, 2010 Porn addicition is a serious issue, with a generation of men accustomed to graphic images. A generation raised on hard core has trouble with the real thing. In a recent radio interview the host suggested that since I didn’t like porn, the solution was to not look at it. If […]
Burma and Iraq
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 080 | Wed 03 Nov 2010 ———————————————————————— BURMA (MYANMAR): CHRISTIANS AT RISK OF POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE; plus Iraq ———————————————————————— Burma’s ruling military junta ruthlessly promotes ethnic (Burman) and religious (Buddhist) supremacy and nationalism while repressing, even violently crushing, all political opposition. (See RLPB 045, 3 March 2010, and http://elizabethkendal.blogspot.com/search/label/Burma .) […]
Whistleblowing: Secretly Gay Politicians who vote against reform
(What does a closeted gay politician do when he’s representing a right-wing ‘family values’ party? I saw this on SBS TV, and would recommend it, when it’s released into cinemas. Rowland). Interviewed: Outrage Director Kirby Dick Posted by: Adam Black on Tuesday 2nd November, 2010 Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick was in Washington DC […]
42 little exercises to enhance a more gentle/humbler life
(Submitted by some of my Facebook friends) 1. Pick up someone’s rubbish every day 2. Be grateful when you’re passed over: helps shed any ‘sense of entitlement’ 3. Listen – *really* listen 4. Drive defensively 5. Communicate ‘you’re wrong’ with genuine love 6. Arrive early and pray 7. Be open to a new idea 8. […]
Interview with Rowland Croucher
(This interview with Rev. Mark Tronson, Well-Being Australia/ Christiantoday, happened last week, and Google alerts are telling me it’s being sprayed around the Internet! 3/11/2010) Rowland Croucher: analyst on Christianity Well-Being Australia http://au.christiantoday.com/ November 1, 2010 Rowland Croucher, perhaps Australia’s leading theological analyst who founded John Mark Ministries, with the largest ministry web site in […]
Catholic Drift
*Sightings* 11/01/2010 *Catholic Drift* – Martin E. Marty ¢â‚¬Å“Everybody ¢â‚¬â„¢s talking ¢â‚¬ about data detailing decline of church and synagogue participation as revealed in a Pew Forum and by Putnam and Campbell in their new book *American Grace.* ¢â‚¬Å“Everybody ¢â‚¬ includes atheists, agnostics, ¢â‚¬Å“nones, ¢â‚¬ Protestants, Evangelicals, Catholics, Jews, and Mormons but not the Catholic bishops. So too judges […]
The Cape Town Commitment
The Cape Town Commitment – A Declaration of Belief and a Call to Action Author: The Lausanne Movement Date: 24.10.2010 Category: Partnership The Cape Town Commitment is a two-part document. Part 1 is ¢â‚¬Å“What We Believe. ¢â‚¬ It was put together by a group of theologians from around the world. Part 2 is expected to be […]
Gay teens: It Gets Better!
First watch this (and listen with the ears of your heart): Then this (again, put your prejudice to one side): The ‘It Gets Better’ Project: http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com/
Jonathan Franzen, Freedom: a Novel
Nearly a decade after publishing his prize-winning novel The Corrections, Franzen has done it again. Freedom is currently (November 2010) the most-discussed contemporary work of English-language fiction in the U.S. and Australia and who knows where else. Freedom is the complicated story of an unfree, deteriorating middle-class Minnesotan family (parents Walter and Patty Berglund, children, […]
Children!
A little boy was overheard praying: “Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having a real good time like I am.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After the christening of his baby brother in church, Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him […]
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