Rowland Croucher
Eugene Veith: a good friend
Vale Curly, your generous heart beats on Lawrence Money The Age, September 16, 2010 EUGENE ”Curly” Veith, the humble Melbourne tycoon who gave away $23 million to help others, had hoped to live to 100. ”Every five years, I ask God for another five years to continue my work,” he said in April, when his […]
Peak oil and climate must be tackled in tandem
By Leon Gettler September 17, 2010 PEAK oil and climate change are on parallel paths. Both are inextricably linked and can only be solved together, requiring a shift away from a reliance on fossil fuels into what is now called the “post-carbon economy”. For Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s climate change committee, peak oil is an […]
Islam: Churches in Saudi Arabia?
*Sightings* 9/20/2010 *Until There Are Churches in Saudi Arabia* — Martin E. Marty The tantrum ¢â‚¬”let ¢â‚¬â„¢s call it what it is ¢â‚¬”against government, taxes, Muslims, and moderates continues to rage, and will through November and perhaps long after. A child in a tantrum eventually stops stomping and rejoins the family, where speaking and hearing, agreeing and disagreeing, […]
Pray for the World 20 September 2010
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * CHRISTIAN FAITH IMPACTING CHINESE PRODUCTIVITY * ARIZONA CHURCHES COMPLETE 3 YEARS OF ALMOST NON-STOP PRAYER * AN APPEAL NOT TO FORGET THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN * CHRISTIAN GIRL SAVED FROM SLAVERY IN INDIA * TALIBAN KILLS THREE CHRISTIAN AID WORKERS IN PAKISTAN * PARENTS HAVE GREATER INFLUENCE ON MORAL VALUES […]
Australia’s Spirituality – the latest data
SHAPING AUSTRALIA ¢â‚¬â„¢S SPIRITUALITY: A Review of Christian Ministry in the Australian Context, Philip Hughes and others (2010). This latest offering from Australia ¢â‚¬â„¢s premier religious research body, Christian Research Association, summarizes 25 years of studies into how Australians relate to matters spiritual (if that phrase is not an oxymoron!), and how specifically it all relates to […]
When tragedy strikes? Write a hymn
This hymn was written in 1873 after two major traumas in Horatio Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s life. The first was the great Chica go Fire of October 1871, which ruined him financially (he had been a wealthy business man). Shortly after, while crossing the Atlantic, all four of Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s daughters died in a collision with another ship. Spafford ¢â‚¬â„¢s […]
What’s News? What’s Important?
Media’s crimes of omission leave disaster victims in the lurch Jo Chandler September 17, 2010 ON MONDAY night on ABC TV, a few moments of footage allowed an excruciating insight into the power that is entrusted to the media. Four Corners reporter Liz Jackson was in a hospital in Sukkur, Pakistan, where the human misery […]
Victim Mentality: How to break out of it
How to Break Out of a Victim Mentality: 7 Powerful Tips by HENRIK EDBERG. ¢â‚¬Å“If it ¢â‚¬â„¢s never our fault, we can ¢â‚¬â„¢t take responsibility for it. If we can ¢â‚¬â„¢t take responsibility for it, we ¢â‚¬â„¢ll always be its victim. ¢â‚¬ Richard Bach ¢â‚¬Å“Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the nonpharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure […]
Chile’s 9/11: the U.S. still hasn’t apologized
Remembering the other 9/11 ANTONIO CASTILLO SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 Historical memory is fragile and selective. And so I try to excuse the fact that the other 9/11 didn’t even make it into our news daily’s filler. Not a single expression of grief for Chile’s 9/11, when a criminal, US-backed military coup deposed the democratically elected […]
The Passion Play and Anti-Semitism
*Sightings* 9/16/2010 Scholars Recommend Rewrite of 400-Year-Old Passion Play — By Eric J. Greenberg This spring ten scholars came together to discuss the removal of anti-semitic elements from the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s oldest Passion Play produced by the village of Oberammergau, Germany. The review of the play was part of a joint collaboration between the Anti-Defamation League […]
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