Rowland Croucher
Stephen Covey, The 8th Habit
Stephen Covey, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness (New York: Free Press, 2004) Reviewed by Darren Cronshaw The 8th Habit to build around the 7 Habits Stephen Covey is internationally respected as a teacher of leadership and organisational principles. His most popular book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has sold 15 million […]
Police warning
Police are warning members of the public to be alert for crooked doorstep salesmen. The salesman will approach a house where the owners are known to have a daughter and will then offer to have a likeness of the daughter carved on to a door. Inspector Bubblegum said ‘These men are to be discouraged at […]
Faith and Belief and Science
No story (of a God or a cat or anything else) can be proven to be factual. Whether what we see, hear or read is factual is always a process of belief. Just ask any magician! In mathematics we prove a theorem by setting up a series of logical steps which makes any other conclusion […]
Does the New Testament Call Jesus God?
Response to ‘Does the New Testament Call Jesus God?’ The vexed issue of who Jesus is, who he claimed to be, and who the New Testament writers claimed he was, is one that will never go away as long as humanity exists. The piece by Dr Vincent Taylor, from the Expository Times, January 1962, Vol. […]
Mischievous Boys
Two little boys, ages 8 and 10, are excessively mischievous.They are always getting into trouble and their parents know all about it. If any mischief occurs in their town, the two boys are probably involved. The boys’ mother heard that a preacher in town had been successful in disciplining children, so she asked if he […]
Mainline Clergy
*Sightings* 3/9/09 — Martin E. Marty While the number of Americans coded as “Mainline Protestant” has gone down (almost) twenty percent in (almost) fifty years, still (almost) one in five Americans and (almost) one in four voters are part of this often (almost) invisible cohort which receives (almost) no prime time or front page media […]
The Ever Evolving Theories of Darwin
By Carl Zimmer Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 What do Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes, G.I. Joe and Charles Darwin have in common? They will all be coming to movie theaters this year. The only real person on that list will be played by Paul Bettany in the biopic Creation. And in true celebrity fashion, Darwin will […]
The Biology of Belief
By JEFFREY KLUGER Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 Most folks probably couldn’t locate their parietal lobe with a map and a compass. For the record, it’s at the top of your head — aft of the frontal lobe, fore of the occipital lobe, north of the temporal lobe. What makes the parietal lobe special is not […]
Fear of God, or fear of a difference of opinion?
* Catherine Deveny * February 18, 2009 ‘WHAT do you say?” the mother said as the toasted sandwiches were put down in front of her twin boys. The boys placed their hands together in a prayer position and said, “Thank-you, Lord.” I laughed. We were in a cafe. I laughed because they thanked God but […]
Abuse: Memory ‘triggers’
Talking with an expert about adults recovering from childhood sexual abuse, who have no or dim memories of the abuse, she mentioned these triggers (you’ll probably get the connection if I haven’t made it clear): * Lie on your back/stomach only? * Any special physical behaviors? * Places you avoid? * Things/foods you detest (eg. […]
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