Rowland Croucher
Prayer Network Newsletter
Does anyone get this? Good material for your private/group/ congregational prayers… It’s collated from mostly conservative Christian news-sources, so some of you might want to supplement these items from elsewhere… ***** AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER November 9 2009 * YWAM BASE THWARTS ISLAMIC ATTACK AND SEES ATTACKERS TURN TO GOD * A STATEMENT BY THE […]
Climate Change – 60 plans
Faith leaders present 60 plans to help UN on climate change Leaders of nine major faiths have presented 60 ideas to lessen carbon emissions to the United Nations after Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon singled out the religious community as key in fighting climate change. The Norwegian Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Development Plan in charge […]
Atheists vs Catholics
A plague of atheists has descended, and Catholics are the target GREG CRAVEN November 4, 2009 Comments 331 Attacking Christians is not really clever, witty or funny. FROM time immemorial, this world has been troubled by plagues. From bogong moths in Canberra to frogs in biblical Egypt, unwelcome and unlovely creatures have the awkward habit […]
Religion in Australia
We shall all be changed November 3, 2009 Australia’s biggest church, Hillsong in Sydney, was one of the beneficiaries of the emphasis on personal fulfilment. A country vicar once asked the Duke of Wellington whether there was anything he wished the sermon to be about. “Yes,” answered the Iron Duke, “about 10 minutes.” We’ve gone […]
The Devil Loves Cell Phones
Silence isn’t just golden — it’s heavenly. Published Oct 22, 2009 From Newsweek magazine issue dated Nov 2, 2009 It’s not hard to imagine hell as a place that is very, very noisy. In The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis’s Devil detests music and silence. Hell, he crowed, was filled with furious noise: “the audible […]
Independence, Good Judgment and the Media
(A brilliant speech which I happened across on ABCTV by accident. He had brilliant auto-cue help if you can track down the visual version. Rowland). Co-founder of The Chaser, Julian Morrow has made a lasting impact on the current debate of news, satire and freedom of speech, and delivers the 2009 annual 702 ABC Sydney […]
Diversity among Christians on Human Rights Act
Wednesday, 28 October 2009 10:12 The Uniting Church in Australia, it has recently been noted, is the only major church to officially support a Human Rights Act. This is true but there is more diversity among the Christian community than is often recognised. While the voices of religious leaders and organisations opposed to a Human […]
Prayer for the Earth
A Prayer for the Earth by Brian McLaren 10-27-2009 Tim Costello of World Vision Australia and I have been working behind the scenes to compose a prayer that could be used by individuals and groups leading up to the Copenhagen gathering on climate change Dec. 6. Most gracious God, creator of all good things, we […]
A Prayer for Strength
Jesus draw me ever nearer/ As I labour through the storm/ You have called me to this passing/ And I’ll follow though I’m worn/ May this journey bring a blessing/ May I rise on wings of faith/ And at the end of my heart’s testing/ With your likeness let me wake/ Jesus guide me through […]
Why I’m Leaving Facebook
by Rob Culhane “‘Bye and thanks for the ride”. It was my favourite expression I’d shoot as I closed the car door as a teenager hitch hiking down the east coast of Australia and around Tasmania in the late 1970’s. I wouldn’t let my kids do it now, but it’s time to drag my favourite […]
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