Rowland Croucher
What’s Happening in the Church and World (in 2009)?
Here is the Barna Group’s summary of its research throughout 2009. It makes interesting and challenging reading. While the research was done in the USA, I think it is also relevant to our context. Clearly we still have a job to do in 2010. **** Based on his company’s interviews with thousands of people during […]
The Origins of Christmas
Some Thoughts on “Silent Night” By James D. Tabor Chair,Dept. of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Tabor Blogs http://jamestabor.com December 2009 December 25th as the date of the birth of Jesus can be traced back to the early 3rd century CE although it did not achieve more universal recognition until the late […]
First Jesus-era house discovered in Nazareth
By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer Diaa Hadid, Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 21, 2009 NAZARETH, Israel – Just in time for Christmas, archaeologists on Monday unveiled what may have been the home of one of Jesus’ childhood neighbors. The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered […]
Happiness
Rod Boucher once said, “I intend to live life one day at a time – well, at least – that’s the Long Term Plan”
Santa Claus
A cartoon with Santa in the dock as the judge asks him: “Which part of ‘Breaking and Entering’ don’t you understand?” And then there was the story about the Jewish Santa, who went around waking kids up and asking them: “Hey, would you like to buy some gifts?”
Painting of world’s leading characters (many of them American)
What a painting! This is a painting by Jon McNaughton. You can move the mouse over any person and the right side of the screen gives a description of that person. Notice Jesus Christ in the center with all his garments are explained. Notice He is holding the U.S. Constitution. Satan is also in the […]
How do these people survive?
ONE Recently, when I went to McDonald’s I saw on the menu that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets. ‘We don’t have half dozen nuggets,’ said the teenager at the counter. ‘You don’t?’ I replied. ‘We only have six, nine, or twelve,’ […]
Global Warming: from a scientific friend
First the article, then, below it, a scientist’s response… (december 2009) You scientific/political boffins out there: this is from a conservative Christian group: how does it sound/look? ***** AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER EXPLAINING EMISSION TRADING SCHEMES AND CARBON CREDITS December 19, 2009 Editors comments: With discussions surrounding an Emissions Trading Scheme for Australia likely to […]
Climate Change (more)
From a friend (21 December 2009): The reason/one of the reasons that the Government’s most recent ETS proposal was unpopular and deemed ineffective by some was because it acted politically (influenced by industrial interests and by its own lack of serious will) and compromised the ETS. As it has apparently done in the market for […]
Blessing a graduating soldier’s sword?
Is there is a liturgy for blessing weapons of war? Responses: Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. (Exodus 15:6) O Lord our God, who defends your people from all their enemies: you have called N. into the armed service of his country. Bless + […]
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