Rowland Croucher
Unconditional Love
From this morning’s devotions: ‘Christ delights most in loving the worst’ (John Bunyan); ‘You are more loving to me than I myself’ (John Henry Newman). Thank you Lord that your unconditional grace means I am loved before I change, as I change, after I change, and whether I change or not’. Amen. Rowland Croucher
Decolonizing God
The following is an excerpt of a book review written by Anne Elvey (Monash University and Melbourne College of Divinity) of Mark Brett’s (Whitley College and Melbourne College of Divinity), Decolonizing God. A shorter version will appear in Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies (http://www.facebook.com/l/fcccf;www.pacifica.org.au) MARK G. BRETT, Decolonizing God: The Bible in the Tides of Empire […]
Mathematics and Fundamentalism
There was an uproar which resulted towards the end of the 19th century over Georg Cantor’s introduction of infinity into the foundations of matthematics. “Only God is infinite!” screamed the fundamentalists of the day. “Mathematics is the work of Satan!” I haven’t checked, but they were probably many of the people who had earlier proclaimed […]
Uluru
Two years ago Anne and I spent a week travelling through central Australia from Alice Springs, through Kings Canyon to Uluru (Ayres Rock). Since that time I have become convinced that this great rock, almost in the centre of Australia, holds some great truth about our place in the world. It was the American poet […]
Life’s Landscapes
Last Monday Mary, a very good friend of mine from Hamilton Ontario, convinced me to canoe down the Grand River from Cambridge Ontario to Paris Ontario. We hired the canoe from ¯ ¿ ½Grand Expeditions ¯ ¿ ½ who kindly delivered us to the beginning of our journey to paddle downstream back to where Mary had parked her car. The […]
Is the world more or less religious?
Globally, Religion Defies Easily Identified Patterns Published: October 23, 2009 The world is growing more religious. Or maybe it’s not. On Friday, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago released what it described as “the most comprehensive analysis to date of global religious trends.” Anyone studying its 9,000-word analysis and perusing 330 […]
World Religious Freedom
9:26 October 26th, 2009 U.S. sees “mixed picture” on world religious freedom Posted by: Andrew Quinn The United States sees a mixed picture on world religious freedom, with progress in interfaith dialogue weighed against government repression and sectarian strife in many countries. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday unveiled the latest State Department report […]
Climate Change
Thou Shalt Not Abdicate by Meera Subramanian The godly get good on climate change. In Denver last month, an association of interfaith clergy became advocates for action in the climate change debate. “Our thirst to consume the earth’s natural resources, and our reliance on old energy sources which emit greenhouse gases, has led us to […]
Praying increasing; church attendance down in the U.S.
The number of Americans who are praying is increasing at the same time as more of them say they have no formal religious affiliation, a study of religious trends has found. More…
Spong’s Manifesto – Homosexuality
A Manifesto! The Time Has Come! 15 October, 2009 I have made a decision. I will no longer debate the issue of homosexuality in the church with anyone. I will no longer engage the biblical ignorance that emanates from so many right-wing Christians about how the Bible condemns homosexuality, as if that point of view […]
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