Rowland Croucher
The burqa is a war on women
VIRGINIA HAUSSEGGER May 21, 2010 It would seem there are some things in Australia we are not allowed to discuss. A ban on the burqa is clearly one of them. But the time has come to get over our fears and cultural fragilities – and grow up. The call to ban the burqa is receiving […]
‘Allah or Jesus?’
A pamphlet was recently distributed around Dubbo by letter-box-drop headed ALLAH OR JESUS? Immediately a local journalist, quoting a former history teacher, responded in the Dubbo newspaper with an article that condemned the pamphlet. The article accused the pamphlet of quoting a verse from the Koran (ordering Muslims to strike off the heads of unbelievers) […]
‘Situational Heterosexuality’
The most misunderstood concept in the ¢â‚¬Ëœex-gay ¢â‚¬â„¢ and Christian worlds Anthony Venn-Brown © 2010 ¢â‚¬ËœSituational heterosexual ¢â‚¬â„¢ is a term I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve used for several years to describe myself when people have asked how I could have been married for so many years and yet be gay. This term has also helped people gain a clearer understanding […]
COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE
Marriage counseling and creativity (Rowland Croucher) wrote: Every day this sort of thing happens in my counseling room: She: ¢â‚¬ËœHe doesn ¢â‚¬â„¢t talk to me! ¢â‚¬â„¢ He: ¢â‚¬ËœI bloodywell talk all day to people earning a living to pay our bills, and when I come home I need space, silence ¢â‚¬ ¦ ¢â‚¬â„¢ She: ¢â‚¬ËœOK, I ¢â‚¬â„¢ll respect that. However it […]
Romance
In Good Loving, Great Sex Dr Rosie King describes a state she calls ‘limerance’ – that heady period of new ‘love’*** when both parties are besotted and can’t get enough of each other. In normal circumstances this lasts for about six to 18 months. However, research has shown that it can be extended if there’s […]
A PRAYER TO START THE DAY
O God, light of the minds that know you, life of the souls that love you, strength of the thoughts that seek you: Help us so to know you that we may truly love you, so to love you that we may fully serve you, whose service is perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, […]
Ape *Pieta*
*Sightings* 5/13/10 — Christian Sheppard Two new ethological studies tell us how chimpanzees grieve, raising doubts about the uniqueness of human mourning as well as, perhaps, the superfluity of religious practice. Laboratory scientists in Scotland have made unprecedented close observations of captive chimpanzees reacting to a long-time group member ¢â‚¬â„¢s death and conclude that ¢â‚¬Å“without death-related […]
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, by Rowland Croucher
He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ¢â‚¬ËœLord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples. ¢â‚¬â„¢ He went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named […]
Some interesting findings on happiness
by Nils von Kalm http://soulthoughts.com The ever-valuable ABC website had some interesting stories recently on happiness and how we can achieve what seems so elusive, despite us having seemingly everything in our power in the 21st century to grasp it. The first ‘finding’ was that, surprise, surprise, looking to others more than ourselves makes us […]
Martyrdom
*Sightings *5/17/10 — Martin E. Marty Almost always *Sightings* takes off from a current text or image lifted from news and opinion sources. This week our ¢â‚¬Å“current ¢â‚¬ text is 1900 years old. It happened that Sunday I was to engage in a moonlighting vocation, namely preaching a sermon, something I ¢â‚¬â„¢ve enjoyed doing for sixty-two years. […]
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