Rowland Croucher
Azerbaijan; Moldova; Tajikistan
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 18 June 2009 AZERBAIJAN: FURTHER REPRESSIVE RELIGION LAW CHANGES TARGET MUSLIMS http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1314 Two weeks after Azerbaijan’s repressive amendments to its Religion Law […]
Desperation in Burma
Desperation in Burma: children orphaned by Cyclone Nargis take refuge in the jungle from violence Orphaned by a devastating cyclone in 2008, thousands of children in Burma are now engaged in a deadly game of hide and seek with Burmese soldiers. Reports estimate that up to 3,000 Karen villagers have had to flee their mountain […]
Prayer of Consecration
“I am no longer my own, but Your’s. Put me to what You will; rank me with whom You will. Put me to doing; put me to suffering. Let me be employed for You or laid aside for You. Let me be full; let me be empty. Let me have all things; let me have […]
Margaret Mead
From a Usenet newsgroup discussion (June 2009): [1]:>>> According to Margaret Mead, the South Sea Islanders paid no attention to sexual taboos – hardly knew sex was connected with pregnancy. They indulged with abandon where and when and with whom they felt like, and age was no barrier. [2]: >> That’s a remarkably simplistic reading […]
A Little Note About Theology
A little note about theology: it’s essentially the expression of *affirmations* about our personal commitment to the living God. It’s not primarily about *assertions* – which tend to be dogmatic and exclusive (‘we have the truth because we tick these boxes; you don’t, so off to hell!’). Theology is about clarifying what it really means […]
Albert Einstein re ‘God’
“I cannot conceive of a god who rewards and punishes his creatures or has a will of the kind we experience in ourselves. Neither can I — nor would I want to — conceive of an individual that survives his physical death. Let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egotism, cherish such thoughts. I am […]
Theology
“Theology is a device to enable agnostics to stay within the Church”. Yes Prime Minister
Brain Teaser – more
Okay you brainiacs, here is a brain teaser for you. What nine letter word in the English language is still a word when each of the nine letters is removed one by one? [1] replied: the answer was easily Googled: Original word: Startling Take away the…. L- Starting T- Staring A- String R- Sting T- […]
If God Texted The 10 Commandments
Here is one way to communicate the 10 commandments, the older you are the longer it will take to read!! 1. no1 b4 me. srsly. 2. dnt wrshp pix/idols 3. no omg’s 4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r) 5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool 6. dnt kill ppl 7. […]
Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times
From a ministry-colleague: The most useful book I have read lately has been: “Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times – Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What” by Peter L Steinke (Alban Institute, 2006). I have often thought over the years that if anything was to drive me out of pastoral leadership it would be the […]
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