Rowland Croucher
BLACKBURN BAPTIST CHURCH: fond memories…
CROSSWAY ¢â‚¬â„¢S 60th (14th September 2014): Some notes in preparation (with four other senior pastors of this church throughout its history) for an interview this Sunday, based on two questions: [1] What was the church’s focus at that time? [2] What do you believe God was doing in the church? Update: (A day later: Monday September 15, […]
U2 SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Apparently there ¢â‚¬â„¢s a new album out by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com Apparently there ¢â‚¬â„¢s a new album out by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com Last Wednesday was a good day for me. In fact it was a Beautiful Day. You might even say it was Magnificent. Do you see where I ¢â‚¬â„¢m going with this? Yes, The […]
Remembering September 11
Thirteen Years Later: Hearing Music on September 11 by JOYCE SHIN Thursday | Sept 11 2014 New York City’s September 11 Memorial Photo: Dov Harrington / flickr creative commons Like many people who were old enough to understand what was happening, I can recall exactly where I was and what I was doing when news […]
Islamic State: Complexity and Truth
Complexity, Truth and the Islamic State: a Response to John Azumah and Colin Chapman Posted: 05 Sep 2014 Recently Lapido Media published an article of mine entitled ¢â‚¬ËœThree Choices ¢â‚¬â„¢ and the bitter harvest of denial: How dissimulation about Islam is fuelling genocide in the Middle East. In it I argued that Western theological illiteracy, made […]
Organized Religion
Drift Away by MARTIN E. MARTY Monday | Sept 8 2014 Smart-crack responses will not get one very far. Thus, when asked, ¢â‚¬Å“Are you a member of the organized church? ¢â‚¬ I can look at the chaos of polities and answer, ¢â‚¬Å“No, I am a Lutheran. ¢â‚¬ Then: ¢â‚¬Å“Do you believe in institutional religion? ¢â‚¬ I can answer, […]
Words that build or destroy
by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com On the morning of September 11, 2001, theologian Miroslav Volf was just finishing a talk to the International Prayer Breakfast of the United Nations in Manhattan. The time was 8.34am. The topic was reconciliation. The minutes following would see some of the greatest chaos and turmoil ever on American soil […]
‘You Shall Walk in the Dark Places’: Graham Douglas-Meyer’s struggle with his gay orientation
Commendation: Graham Douglas-Meyer’s ‘You Shall Walk in the Dark Places’ (Love of God Publishing, July 2014) This week’s news: ‘A teacher who had a major psychological breakdown after dealing with “feral” students at a Melbourne school has been awarded almost $770,000 in damages. Peter Doulis took legal action against the Victorian Government claiming he suffered a […]
Gay Religious Suicide
Today – September 10 – is World Suicide Prevention Day . Did you know that more LGBT people from faith backgrounds take their own lives than from those from non-faith backgrounds? In the article below I give 7 reasons why this horrific toll can never actually be counted. Please forward this newsletter on to create […]
Review: Ken Wilson, A Letter to My Congregation: An evangelical pastor’s path to embracing people who are gay, lesbian and transgender…
¢â‚¬Å“I found myself saying to pastors with growing conviction, ¢â‚¬Ëœthis issue is not going to be settled in the academy. This is ours to deal with and we can no longer avoid our responsibility ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬ ¦ I am the pastor of Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor. And I realised that I had to face it squarely and […]
South Korean Catholic and other churches
South Korea’s Catholic Church: Poster Child for a Fresh Pontificate by TIMOTHY S. LEE Thursday | Sept 4 2014 When Pope Francis visited South Korea in mid-August, he participated in the Sixth Asian Youth Day, consoled parents of teenagers who had perished in a capsized ferry, expressed solidarity with women who had been forced into sexual […]
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