Rowland Croucher
JOY IN DISGUISE: Meeting Jesus in the Dark Times
JOY IN DISGUISE: Meeting Jesus in the Dark Times by Edward S. Little (Morehouse Publishing, 2009). ‘I lived for a year on a street graced by the presence of three churches. The first, next door to my apartment complex, was the True Love Church. Just down the block stood the Greater True Love Church. A […]
The Rite Journey
By Andrew Lines Even though the health and wellbeing of boys is currently receiving a substantial amount of attention, there is little evidence to suggest that this is having a tangible effect on boys’ academic and social success. This may be partially due to the lack of symbolic initiation rites and ceremonies that mark a […]
Episcopal Church repudiates Doctrine of Discovery
Urges US adoption of UN Declaration By Gale Courey Toensing Jul 27, 2009 ANAHEIM, Calif. – In a first-of-its-kind action in the Christian world, the national Episcopal Church has passed a landmark resolution repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery and urging the U.S. government to endorse the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Organizers […]
Pray for Fiji
Latest Update on Fiji for Prayer Charles Wesley, the great Methodist hymn writer, may have penned his famous words “O for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer praise” almost 270 years ago, but it seems just singing these words today in strife-torn Fiji could destabilise a whole government. The military government of interim […]
Anglicans and Homosexuality
Anglicanism’s one-track mind The Anglican church is once again mired in a debate about sexuality. Why does it remain such an obsession? In Alan Bennett’s wonderfully funny 1970s farce Habeas Corpus, one of the characters, an archetypal Anglican vicar called – if memory serves – Canon Throbbing listens just a shade too intently to two […]
Non-Religious Quotes for Consecration of a Cemetery?
Suggestions from a friend: My favourite quote is Dag Hammarskjold’s “The day you were born, everyone was happy, you cried alone. Make your life such that in your last hours, when all around you are crying, you alone are left without a tear to shed. Then you may calmly face death whenever it comes.” I […]
Creationists’ ‘Proofs’
http://creation.com/arguments-we-think-creationists-should-not-use A very interesting page! The following item from that link are “proofs” that I have repeatedly heard creationists quote. Nearly all the “proofs” listed on the page were quoted to me when I first got involved in showing up ignorance among creationists. This was prompted by a couple of students questioning me after my […]
Teaching of Evolution in Australian Schools
I’ve just finished reading Tom Frame’s latest book “Evolution in the Antipodes: Charles Darwin and Australia” (University of New South Wales Press, 2009). Tom Frame is Professor of Theology at Charles Sturt University, and an Anglican Bishop. It gives a brief account of evolution and the way it was accepted in Australia, including many of […]
Marching on our knees
I remember a sermon given by John Smith in the early 1990s in which he talked about the essence of the Christian faith. In decrying the attitude of the strutting, egoistic rock star, he made a comment that has stuck with me. He said that Christianity doesn’t strut – it marches on its knees. The […]
Our framing story
Brian McLaren, [http://brianmclaren.net] in his book Everything Must Change, [http://astore.amazon.com/soulthou-20/detail/0849901839] talks about our framing story – the ultimate story we tell ourselves about how the world works. For example, if our framing story tells us that the purpose of life is to have as much stuff as possible and to have the greatest pleasure possible […]
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