Rowland Croucher
How Faith Varies by Church Size
How Faith Varies by Church Size The Barna Group, based on interviews with more than 3,000 adults, shows that congregational size is related to the nature of a congregation’s religious beliefs, religious behavior and demographic profile. There are clearly significant differences between the smallest and largest of Protestant churches in terms of the theological beliefs […]
Dying Priest
In London an old priest lay dying in the hospital. For years he had faithfully served the people of the nation’s capital. He motioned for his nurse to come near. “Yes, Father?” said the nurse. “I would really like to see Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling MP before I die”, whispered the priest. “I’ll see […]
Blonde Goes Fishing
A BLONDE wanted to go ice fishing. She’d seen many books on the subject and finally getting all the necessary tools together, she made for the ice. After positioning her comfy footstool, she started to make a circular cut in the ice. Suddenly, from the sky, a voice boomed: “There are no fish under the […]
Prayer Network Newsletter August 2009
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * TIBET LOOKS FOR A NEW SPIRITUAL LEADER AS DALAI LAMA AGES * CHRISTIANS IN BETHLEHEM FACE MUSLIM INTIMIDATION * BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT TO RE-EDUCATE ITS HOMOPHOBIC CITIZENS * PRESIDENT OBAMA STARTS PROCESS OF REMOVING DOCTORS’ PROTECTIONS ON ABORTIONS * LANDSLIDE VOTE IN FAVOUR OF KEEPING IN GOD WE TRUST ON US […]
Swine Flu
I called the Swine Flu hotline – all I got was crackling I heard that the first symptom is that you come out in rashers. Another is that you get the trotts. I woke up with pig tails this morning … Should I be worried? The doctor asked me how long I’d had the symptoms […]
Do Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Work?
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS WORK, The American Psychological Association From Anthony Venn-Brown – A Life of Unlearning August 9, 2009 The American Psychological Association adopted a resolution Wednesday stating that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change their sexual orientation through therapy or other treatments. APA appointed the […]
Senior Citizens and AIDs
SENIOR CITIZENS ARE THE NATION’S LEADING CARRIERS OF AIDS! HEARING AIDS BAND AIDS ROLL AIDS WALKING AIDS MEDICAL AIDS GOVERNMENT AIDS MOST OF ALL, MONETARY AID TO THEIR KIDS! Not forgetting HIV (Hair is Vanishing)
What have the noughties done for God?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8195025.stm
Footwashing
St Basil the Great preferred communal to solitary asceticism. ‘If you always live alone,’ he asked, ‘Whose feet will you wash?’ And whenever St. Ambrose baptized new Christians, he first washed their feet… Now there’s a couple of good ideas! Avagooddayeveryone!
Community
Parker Palmer’s definition of community: “Community is that place where the person you least want to live with always lives” and the corollary: “When that person moves away, someone else immediately arises to take his or her place.”
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