Rowland Croucher
The Myth of Mutual-Exclusivity
The Myth of Mutual-Exclusivity. For one reason or another I have been doing a bit of reading lately. It has been mostly good fun, but has left me a little confused. It has however made me think, which is always a good thing. (Though there are many who would disagree !!) At this point I […]
Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride
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A N Wilson: Why I Believe Again
Why I believe again A N Wilson Published 02 April 2009 A N Wilson writes on how his conversion to atheism may have been similar to a road to Damascus experience but his return to faith has been slow and doubting Unlike his conversion to Atheism, Wilson’s path back to faith has been a slow […]
Population Changes in Europe
*Sightings* 4/27/09 — Martin E. Marty In hours I’ll be boarding a plane for secular Europe, in particular secular France, and most particularly, secular Paris. Mixing business and pleasure, I’ll be doing some accidental research, namely, observing and taking mental notes on areas familiar to me from past scholarship. One of the delights of travel […]
Why the dog?
A grandfather was delivering his grandchildren to their home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog’s duties. “They use him to keep crowds back,” said one child. “No,” said another. “He’s just for good luck.” […]
Forgiveness
Failing to forgive allows those who hurt you to have power over you: why let them do that? One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody everything every night before you go to bed. – Bernard Baruch Carl Brakehielm writes in “Forgiveness” Perhaps one can say that it is […]
Churches and Pastors
I understand churches as being called to be an alternative society, a “new society in the shell of the old” as Peter Maurin used to put it. This means (in part) a redistributive economy where whoever needs it in order to fulfill their calling (whatever that calling might be) has the money shared with them. […]
White vs coloured
Poem by an African kid: When I born, I black When I grow up, I black When I go in Sun, I black When I scared, I black When I sick, I black And when I die, I still black And you white fellow When you born, you pink When you grow up, you white […]
Doing Nothing for the Glory of God
THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The so-called ‘work ethic’ despises doing nothing. In our competitive/individualistic world ‘We are what we do [well]’ so we toil and sweat and strive for significance … But the biblical leaders spent a lot of time in deserts (or prisons) where they ‘do nothing for the glory of God.’ A Scottish poet: […]
Three Iraqi Christians murdered
Three Iraqi Christians murdered as Islamic militants implement their threats to Iraq`s Christian community Three Iraqi Christians were murdered last Sunday and two others were injured in two separate incidents in the city of Kirkuk. These attacks take place in a context of intense hostility to Christians from militant Islamists. The following has been posted […]
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