Rowland Croucher
Alan Watts – chose Buddhism over Anglicanism
Watts felt forced to decide between the Anglican Christianity he had been exposed to and the Buddhism he had read about in various libraries, including Croshaw’s. He chose Buddhism http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Alan_Watts/id/1906627
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Monday, March 9, 2009 Searching Where It Cannot Be Found A Reflection from The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J. M. Nouwen “To whom do I belong? To God or to the world?” Many of my daily preoccupations suggest that I belong more to the world than to God. A little criticism makes […]
Important News Summaries
(From an Australian newsgroup): MOOMBA – modern Melbourne equivalent of Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Once called Labor Day. FTA (Free Trade Agreement) – an agreement freely entered into by some, under the illusion that it is not unilateral. AFGHANISTAN – a colonial war based on the assumption that, where the Russians failed, we will […]
Humans may be primed to believe in creation
* 12:29 02 March 2009 by Ewen Callaway Religion might not be the only reason people buy into creationism and intelligent design, psychological experiments suggest. No matter what their religious beliefs, college-educated adults frequently agree with purpose-seeking yet false explanations of natural phenomena – finches diversified in order to survive, for instance. “The very fact […]
Billy Graham’s pretty faith was not enough
Geraldine Doogue | February 28, 2009 THE Go-Between, the novel by J.P. Hartley, begins with the famous line: “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” How true this seemed, watching a recent Sunday night’s Compass program on ABC television. It reflected on the remarkable Billy Graham crusade that swept up Australian […]
Investment Banking Idea
Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day the farmer drove up and said, “Sorry Chuck, but I have some bad news. The donkey died.'” Chuck replied, “Well then, just give me my money back.” The […]
How feminists tried to destroy the family
Last updated at 23:19 22 January 2007 Erin Pizzey, founder of the battered wives’ refuge, on how militant feminists – with the collusion of Labour’s leading women – hijacked her cause and used it to try to demonise all men. During 1970, I was a young housewife with a husband, two children, two dogs and […]
Movies of 2008
Hi there, Pulpit-pounding priests. Glowering nuns. Martyrdom. Salvation. Love. Fate. Spiritual guides can be found all over the cinematic landscape this Oscar season. From Benjamin Button to Batman, and from a Nazi prison guard to an adorable robot with a fondness for musicals-lessons abound that encourage us all to think about what really matters in […]
Senior Pastors as ‘Fathers’
Note from Rowland: I know the writer of this article, and have decided to leave his name off it. There’s much to think about here. It’s written, as you’ll note from the relevant ‘in-house’ language, from a Pentecostal viewpoint… ***** “Mature Spiritual Sons and Daughters takes a Mature father figure” I believe in the Body […]
Christian Women and Domestic Violence
Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence By Kathryn Joyce, Religion Dispatches. Posted February 2, 2009. Escaping an abusive marriage is no easy task for many evangelical women, many of whom have pastors that say physical abuse is no reason for divorce. What is a good enough reason for divorce? Well, according to […]
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