Rowland Croucher
Failed States 2010
First, see http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/21/2010_failed_states_index_interactive_map_and_rankings The roots of Arab failure can deepen and indeed spread By Oraib Rantawi Tuesday, September 07, 2010 Five Arab countries ¢â‚¬“ Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen and Lebanon ¢â‚¬“ are among the 37 failed states that Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace singled out recently in their Failed States Index 2010. […]
The Best up-to-date Climate Science data
(From a friend who is studying the subject at an academic institution): The full text for the State of the Climate report by the NOAA is available at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/2009.php They produce a report each year, however this is the most in depth and comprehensive report to date with contributions from more than 300 scientists from […]
When ‘cool’ meets Christ: a Christian youth subculture
Hipster Faith To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when ‘cool’ meets Christ? Brett McCracken | posted 9/03/2010 Here’s a riddle: A young man walks into a building. From the outside, it looks like a nondescript, run-down, abandoned warehouse. Inside he finds mood lighting, music with […]
The International Burn a Koran Day
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 The International Burn a Koran Day of the Dove World Outreach Centre Dove World Outreach Centre in Florida has declared that it will burn a Quran on 11 September 2010 on what they have declared as ‘Burn a Koran Day’. In response Muslim groups throughout the world have warned that this […]
The Bible and the Creation
with Rachael Kohn on Sunday 3/02/2002 Earthing the Bible Summary: The ecological destruction of the world is often blamed on the Biblical command to have dominion over the earth. But a large number of Biblical scholars have re-read the Bible as an ecological text, and they remind us that “from dust we were made and […]
Growing old: you don’t get a chance to practise it beforehand
Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s one for you Senior Citizens and those approaching that milestone ¢â‚¬ ¦ ¢â‚¬ ¦ ¢â‚¬ ¦ ¢â‚¬ ¦. Some of you may be caregivers at times too! This ol’ gal could be a professional comedian! TURN UP THE SOUND. http://www.caregiverstress.com/2010/07/a-reminder-that-laughter-is-the-best-medicine/
Pray for the World – 6 September 2010
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * GREECE EXPERIENCES MASSIVE BIBLE OUTREACH * IRAN ESCALATES REPRESSION AND PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS * ACTOR FINDS NEW SUCCESS AFTER REFUSING RISQUE ROLES * CHURCHES IN ALGERIA ORDERED TO CEASE ACTIVITY * STUDENTS PUNISHED FOR OPPOSING HOMOSEXUALITY * FLOODING CAUSES HAVOC IN PAKISTAN * JEWISH PRAYER FOCUS 2010 BEGINS SEPTEMBER 8. […]
Australia – miserly ranking on refugees
Australia tops miser ranking on refugees John Tobin August 6, 2010 Our mean-spirited and shameful policies make a mockery of our values. Last week I received an email from a former student who is working with refugee children in Kampala, Uganda. He wrote of how he met a young boy and his brother who had […]
Steve Schneider: a climate scientist willing to change his mind
Stephen Schneider, climate scientist, died on July 19th, aged 65 Jul 29th 2010 ¢â‚¬Å“MARK TWAIN had it backwards, ¢â‚¬ Steve Schneider joked, in a lecture he gave to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1972. ¢â‚¬Å“Nowadays, everyone is doing something about the weather, but nobody is talking about it. ¢â‚¬ The lecture was […]
Psalm 51 (Allegri’s Miserere)
“Miserere, also called “Miserere mei, Deus” (Latin: “Have mercy on me, O God”) by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri, is a setting of Psalm 51 (50) composed during the 1630s for use in the Sistine Chapel during matins, as part of the exclusive Tenebrae service on Wednesday and Friday of Holy Week” (Wikipedia) Listen to it […]
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