Rowland Croucher
Tony Blair says he disagrees with Pope on homosexuality
Former British prime minister Tony Blair, who converted to Roman Catholicism after leaving office, has said he disagrees with Pope Benedict XVI’s attitude on homosexuality and that the Catholic Church is out of step with ordinary believers. Mr Blair made his comments in an interview published on April 8 in Attitude, which describes itself as […]
Celebrities and religion
Like a prayer: celebrities and religion April 5, 2009 Another passing fad or a genuine search for meaning? Stephanie Bunbury unpicks the complicated relationship between celebrities and religion. Before L. Ron Hubbard wrote Dianetics, according to the memoirs of several of his old muckers in science fiction, he told them that the way to make […]
Visit to a Mainline ‘Liberal/Progressive’ Church
Here are some rough notes I scribbled after Jan and I visited what is probably Australia’s largest theologically liberal congregation, St. Michael’s Uniting Church in Collins St, pastored by well-known pastor/author/counsellor/provocateur Dr Frances Macnab. Their website introduces the congregation in these terms: ‘St Michael’s is a unique Christian presence in the city of Melbourne. It […]
Noah’s Ark
From a Usenet newsgroup: You seriously think two[1] of every species[2] fitted in there for months on end (with no food or waste disposal systems)? [1] and seven of some [2] or it is two of every ‘kind’, today? She has previous stated that they were “kinds”. The example she gave was that there were […]
Every pastor has a crazy baptism story :-)
http://www.videovat.com/videos/3292/crazy-baptising-kid.aspx Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher
Did the Resurrection Actually Happen (etc.): four theological views
Note from Rowland: This (in spite of several spelling/punctuation errors) is brilliant. Forgive the locus (Melbourne, and this city’s most notorious liberal preacher, Francis McNab): this piece opens the door to an excellent discussion of a viable alternative to the Liberal/Fundamentalist polarities which currently stimy theological debate. ***** Francis McNab: Ahead of his time or […]
Prophecy
There is no mythical figure more tragic than Cassandra, granted the gift of prophecy, but doomed never to be believed.
Counteracting the financial crisis
Hi friends, I just signed a petition and sent an email to the Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and I hope that you’ll do so too here:: http://www.one.org/international/gold/?rc=goldtaf At the G20 summit in London, the IMF was tasked with coming up for a plan to sell some of their gold reserves to […]
Doubt
Two quotes by Os Guinness (1)”The trouble is not that people have doubts, but that they are ashamed of them.” (2) “There is no believing without some doubting, and believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt.”
Abortion and religion-specific values
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason. I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons, but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice, I cannot simply point to the teachings […]
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