Rowland Croucher
Cancer of the soul
A cancer of the soul Author: Andrew M Potts Tuesday, 20 October 2009 Archie and Bill** have been together for decades. Bill is very sick. Terminal cancer. Archie struggles, trying to keep their little business afloat, monitoring Bill’s complex drug regime, and supervising dialysis three times a week. Archie’s beloved partner is dying, slowly, and […]
Study dispels myths on Muslim population
3-year mapping project gives surprising insight into Islamic makeup of Asia and Europe By Olivia Ward Foreign Affairs Reporter Published On Sat Oct 17 2009 A global snapshot of Islam • Number of Muslims worldwide: 1.57 billion. • Percentage of world’s population: 23 per cent. • Country with largest number of Muslims: Indonesia, 202.8 million. […]
Dietrich Bonhoeffer in New York
Over the past few days I had a delightful time reading Volume 10 of the new edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s works, Barcelona, Berlin, New York: 1928-1931 (Fortress 2008), 764 pp. – a remarkable collection of letters, sermons, essays and lectures from his time as a vicar in Spain, a postdoctoral student in Berlin, and a […]
Why Pentecostalism is the World’s Fastest Growing Faith
Signs and Wonders: Why Pentecostalism Is the World’s Fastest Growing Faith by Paul Alexander Combining personal stories and sound scholarship, Paul Alexander, a young scholar with a Pentecostal background, examines the phenomenal worldwide success of Pentecostalism. While brought up a Pentecostal, the author studied under John Howard Yoder and Stanley Hauerwas. On a journey thru […]
Lausanne Congress 2009
Note from Rowland: I was privileged to attend the Manila Conference. Then I would have been 51 – just made it age-wise! See also http://jmm.org.au/articles/9010.htm http://jmm.org.au/articles/9671.htm http://jmm.org.au/articles/19725.htm http://jmm.org.au/articles/19633.htm http://jmm.org.au/articles/12129.htm ***** By Julia Duin The first one was in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1974. The second was in Manila in 1989. The third will be in Cape […]
Theologians and Unity
Global theologians’ meeting looks at issues that divide churches A global gathering in Crete of theologians from most major Christian traditions has concluded with a call for churches to show greater tolerance of each other on contentious issues which divide them. “If we are really to be open to each other we need to be […]
Prayer Network Newsletter
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * SPIRITUAL AWAKENING THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SAVE US * ISLAMIC GROUPS SHUT DOWN CHURCH IN INDONESIA * INDIA: DESPERATELY NEEDING DIVINE INTERVENTION * MUSLIM WORLD POPULATION ‘AT 1.57BN’ * MURDER FOR THE SAKE OF HONOUR * SOUTH AFRICA TAKES STEPS TO OUTLAW CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ———————————————– SPIRITUAL AWAKENING THE ONLY […]
Isn’t That Nice? (But don’t these balloons litter the landscape?)
A five-year-old boy from Buckinghamshire received a personal message from the Queen after she found a balloon he had released. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8310816.stm Charlie Castle was one of about 50 schoolchildren who released balloons during an end-of-term farewell at his school near High Wycombe in July. The Queen came across it about 14 miles away, in the […]
Theological debate
(See the article ‘Monastery Blues’…) From a friend: “Reminds me of the quip that the Christological controversies of the 3-4 century were over a diphthong in the word homoousion and homoeousion.”
Review: Don’t Trust the Abbott: Musings from the Monastery
Don’t Trust the Abbott: Musings from the Monastery, Jerome Kodell OSB, Liturgical Press, 2009. Jerome Kodell is abbott of Subiaco Abbey in Arkansas. These ‘musings’ are reproduced from some of his newsletters, at the request of his many friends, visitor-retreatants and others… As such this book has a special appeal to those who know Jerome […]
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