Rowland Croucher
Australian Prayer Network Newsletter July 27, 2009
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * PAGAN POLICE OFFICERS IN BRITAIN GET RELIGIOUS LEAVE * FIJIAN GOVERNMENT BLOCKS CHURCH CELEBRATIONS * COMBINING WORLD FAITHS UNWORKABLE * POPE STRESSES SANCTITY OF LIFE ETHICS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA * ANGLICAN CHURCH FACES SPLIT * HOUSE OF LORDS BACKS FREE SPEECH IN HOMOSEXUAL HATE LAW * GOVERNMENT TROOPS ATTACK DISPLACED […]
Mysticism Made Simple
An engineer, a physicist, a mathematician, and a mystic were asked to name the greatest invention of all times. The engineer chose fire, which gave humanity power over matter. The physicist chose the wheel, which gave humanity the power over space. The mathematician chose the alphabet, which gave humanity power over symbols. The mystic chose […]
Yemen
CIRCULATION CODE 3. OPEN. May be circulated to general mailing lists, outside organizations, and quoted from freely in reports citing “Middle East Concern” as the source of the information. Dear friends Greetings in the name of Jesus, who came that all may have life In June we requested prayer following the kidnapping on Friday 12th […]
Giving
Sightings 7/27/09 — Martin E. Marty Giving USA Foundation last month reported on “giving, U.S.A.” under a headline, “Giving in worst economic climate since Great Depression exceeds $300 billion for second year in a row,” but “a 2 percent drop in current dollars over 2007,” as well as “the first decline…since 1987” and the second […]
Secret Lover
Bill was sitting happily in his favourite chair when his wife hit him with the frying pan. “what’s that for?” screamed Bill, clutching his head. ” I’ve just taken your jacket to the cleaners, said his beloved; I went through the pockets and my worst fears were confirmed: a secret lover” ” A what?” roared […]
Sunday School at Christmas-time
A Sunday school class at Christmas had just sung Silent Night, and had drawn their versions of what Jesus’ birth must have looked like. Their teacher collected their work and was very impressed with it. One shone out from the others, but she could not work out who the big fat man was standing beside […]
The Big Questions: 10 minutes with Jesus: what would you ask him?
Spending 4-5 hours in conversation with my mentor Richard Rohr over the last couple of days raised this question for me: If I/you could do the same with Jesus, say for 10 minutes, and hear his answers to specific questions, what would they be? Richard says for most of us they’d probably have something to […]
Fundamentalists and Thermodynamics
Many fundamentalists want to speak/write about issues which are far from religious in nature. Usually they have no expertise in these areas, and their words do little more than encourage people to ignore them. One area in which they repeatedly make mistakes is science. We are accustomed to errors when they try to oppose evolution […]
Homosexuality: Beware of Easy Answers
Gays—No Easy Answers; A Christian Response Acts 8:26-40 By C. David Hess American Baptists and other mainline denominations are deeply divided over the question of what is the appropriate stance the church should take toward gays in our midst. I think it important to share with you my interim reflections on the matter. The first […]
Gaelic Blessing
The original blessing: May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.’ From a friend: We use as […]
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