Rowland Croucher
Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims
(This article is a bit dated now, but the phenomenon wouldn’t be). By Jonathan Wynne-Jones 18 Apr 2008 The Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester Bishop Nazir-Ali warns that attempts are being made to give Britain an increasingly Islamic character Islamic extremists have created “no-go” areas across Britain where it is too dangerous […]
Religious Freedom Ebbing In Russia, Turkey
U.S. Panel: Religious Freedom Ebbing In Russia, Turkey By WILLIAM C. MANN | Associated Press May 1, 2009 WASHINGTON – — A congressionally backed panel said today that religious freedoms were deteriorating in Russia, Turkey and four other nations that were added to a watch list of countries where people’s rights to worship as they […]
Obituary: The Emerging Church
Obituary: The Emerging Church (1994-2009) ~ C Michael Patton ~ For those of you who want to criticize the tone of this post, please make sure you read my previous posts on the emerging church. [See http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/08/will-the-real-emerger- please-stand-up/] Take this post in the spirit is was intended and lighten up. Today, at 12:33pm, while most […]
Windows 7: It’s Vista done right
David Flynn May 5, 2009 David Flynn gets hands-on with the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system – and explains how to score a free copy to test for yourself. One of the handiest features in any piece of Windows software is the “undo” button, which lets you step back in time to delete some […]
Mothers’ Day Youtube video
Here’s mothers’ favourite Youtube video –
Just for Today
Just for today, I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime. Just for today, I will be happy. This assumes to […]
‘They Told Me I Had To Write This’
Parker Palmer, in his brilliant little book ‘Let Your Life Speak’, bemoans the fact that many/most of us live lives ‘other than one’s own’. We allow what happens to us – especially the wounds inflicted deliberately or unintentionally by others or by circumstance – to rob us of our true/free self. As a result, no […]
Muslim Demographics
A short but important video on Muslim demographics, and how our world is quickly changing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU ‘The world is changing: it’s time to wake up!’ It’s alarmist, yes, but what does it mean? Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/ Justice for Dawn Rowan – http://dawnrowansaga.blogspot.com/
Etymology: how good are you with word-origins?
An interesting/educational site – http://www.etymologic.com/index.cgi
Wisdom
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ~ Albert Einsten “To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” — G.K. Chesterton Many people die […]
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