Rowland Croucher
Devotions from my Facebook page
Each day I try to write a little devotional piece for my Facebook friends. Here are two: (Jesus): ‘I came that they might have life, and have it abundantly’ (John 10:1-10). (Irenaeus): ‘The glory of God is seen in a person who is fully alive’. A prayer: ‘From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, […]
Violence in Thailand
Thailand: Arming of Civilians and Firearms Proliferation Exacerbate Ethno-Religious Polarization in Southern Thailand Government should end the creation of armed civilian defense volunteer forces and the supply of firearms to civilians in Southern Thailand The Royal Thai government’s strategy of expanding civilian volunteer forces and substituting and deregulating purchases of firearms by civilians to address […]
Who does what ministry in the church?
Someone asked: ‘What do we do with an unwelcoming welcomer who doesn’t greet people warmly, and sometimes chides them for being absent from church?’ My comment on this issue, from an ‘after the horse has bolted’ perspective. At Blackburn Baptist Church we asked 60 key people on a Leaders’ Retreat to nominate who should preach […]
Darwinism, Evolution and Racism
Question: I am a student teacher enrolled at the University of ______ and currently doing an assignment on racism. I came across an exchange on your website (http://jmm.org.au/articles/1520.htm ) which addresses racism toward Aborigines in the context of Darwin and evolutionary theory. The exchange mentions ‘Creation Ex Nihilo Vol 14, no. 2’ ‘Darwin’s Bodysnatchers’. Would […]
Pastoral Visits
From a pastor-friend on the value of pastoral visits being an opportunity to engage in conversation at a deeper level than the weather, the children/grandchildren, etc, work, or church stuff. ‘It is an opportunity to invite people to share their faith, tell their stories, and feel again the touch of God in the encounter. If […]
Live Well, Die Well
by Rosie James I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998 and it raised many issues, including the challenge of hearing God’s voice and trying to discern what He was saying to me. I had surgery and the usual rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Many people prayed for my healing and as life went on, […]
Decolonizing God: The Bible in the Tides of Empire
Mick Dodson helps to “decolonize God” by Dr Fiona Hill Australian of the Year, Professor Mick Dodson, has launched a book debunking notions that the Bible can be used to justify dispossession of Australian Indigenous peoples. The book, Decolonizing God: The Bible in the Tides of Empire by Melbourne academic Dr Mark Brett was released […]
Human Rights
From a friend (June 10, 2009): Charter Rights No Wrongs :: what’s all the fuss about? | the issues in brief “I think there is no doubt the bill of rights of any form does transfer some power from politicians to judges”. – Father Frank Brennan, Chair of the National Human Rights Consultation, when interviewed […]
Belarus; Kazakhstan; Moldova; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan
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 ================================================= 11 June 2009 BELARUS: LARGEST FINE YET FOR UNREGISTERED RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1310 Belarus has imposed its largest fine yet for unregistered religious […]
New file format for on-line articles
From a Facebook group: Dear Friends, One of the constant challenges when placing material on-line is to produce readable text that can be spidered by search engines, produced quickly and is of a small enough file size to be accessed by those in the developing world using dial-up connections. OK – that’s a whole bundle […]
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