Rowland Croucher
Politics in Australia: some interesting comments
Katter, the genuine article Martin Feil September 3, 2010 Sneer and make jest as much as you want – the Queensland independent is the real ‘made in Australia’ article. THE easiest way to ignore Bob Katter is to stop thinking. The dismissive and superficial response to Katter by some of the media is an example […]
Leadership and Power
Stephen Prosser’s ‘You Can Move the Cheese’ (2010) is a good introductory book on Servant-Leadership from a Christian perspective. It’s the latest of many from the Servant Leadership school of thinking (Google Robert Greenleaf), which affirms, in principle, that the key day-to-day role of managers/CEOs is to serve their staff and empower them to reach […]
Interpreting Psalm 23
Many people misuse the 23rd psalm, snatching at its phrases and blandly interpreting them in the light of their received theology without reflecting on what the author meant; particularly, is this done at times of grieving and death. The main culprit to encourage such misuse is the phrase “tho I walk thru the valley of […]
If this doesn’t warm your heart, see a mortician!
6 minutes of joy. Never too late to try something new!!!!! Janey Cutler (she’s 80!) – Britain’s Got Talent 2010 – Auditions Week 4 http://video.yahoo.com/watch/7464575?fr=yvmtf
Islam and Apostasy
The Age of Apostasy August 28, 2010 – by Richard Fernandez Readers may recall Maher El-Gohary, the subject of a post about a month ago. He was an Egyptian Muslim who decided to convert to Christianity, which resulted in a spate of death threats against him. Gohary attempted to escape the fate of an apostate […]
Christmas Gifts – a Better Way
This “Advent Conspiracy” video shows how by changing our spending habits at Christmas can have a huge impact on Third World people and their need of clean drinking water. Instead of buying Christmas gifts for our loved ones that they don’t really need, we can divert the money we would have spent to far needier […]
Pray for the World August 30, 2010
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MASS ARREST OF NEW CHRISTIAN CONVERTS IN IRAN * PRESS STATEMENT BY KENYAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH LEADERS * WORLD HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT SOMALIA * NIGERIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR UNRELENTING PRAYER FOR HIS COUNTRY * PAKISTAN FLOODS CREATE POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY * ADULT STEM CELL STUDIES OUTPERFORM EMBRYONIC CELLS * U.K. STUDY FINDS […]
Euthanasia and Christian doctors
Some interesting research in today’s media about dying.I’ve attached as well, as some results from a major study in the US on “Coping with cancer”. 1. “Doctors’ religion affects time of death”:Age, 27.8.10 http://www.theage.com.au/national/doctors-religion-affects-time-of-death-20100826-13udv.html?skin=text-only *”Atheist doctors’ more likely to hasten death”:Guardian, 26.8.10 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/26/doctors-religious-beliefs-terminally-ill *”Doctors’ religious beliefs can color their care of the terminally ill”:Businessweek, 26.8.10 […]
Climate Change – 90% certain it’s man-made (August 2010)
UN hopes science review eases climate scepticism 30 August 2010 Review: IPCC is at least 90 per cent certain that mankind is driving global warming. (Reuters: Ilya Naymushin) A review due on Monday (US time) can help restore public faith in the United Nations panel of climate scientists and its finding that global warming is […]
Is Australia Racist?
Australia racist? Well, der! BILL COLLOPY AUGUST 25, 2010 Fear and loathing in the Antipodes Having arrived with her family from Kabul 12 months ago, 15-year-old Zara is walking home from high school. She passes three younger girls in a playground. Two turn away when they see her in the hijab, carrying textbooks, but one […]
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