Rowland Croucher
A Fight for Financial) Justice
Here’s an intriguing story of a fight for justice lasting (it’s now Feb. 2009) 32 years! January 16, 2003 Open email to Prime Minister Howard with copies to Federal and South Australian Members of Parliament. Dear Prime Minister, In 1979, when you were Treasurer, you sabotaged the export campaign of the time by restricting the […]
Political and Economic Systems
SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 […]
Knowing Jesus (James Alison)
Knowing Jesus (James Alison) S P C K 1998 What does it mean to ‘know Jesus’? Conservative Christians answer with a formula – ‘receiving Jesus as your personal Saviour, and witnessing for him in the world’, or a dogma (Jesus is God) and/or as an experiential relationship (Alison calls this the ‘intimist’ approach, from the […]
Human rights education resources
Education resources The Australian Human Rights Commission’s Human Rights Education Program includes a range of interactive, resource-rich, web-based learning materials. http://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/resources/index.html
Persecution of Christians in 2008
North Korea Remains No. 1 Persecutor Of Christians January 2008: 1. North Korea 2. Saudi Arabia 3. Iran 4. Maldives 5. Bhutan 6. Yemen 7. Afghanistan 8. Laos 9. Uzbekistan 10. China SANTA ANA, CA (Feb. 4, 2008) – This year’s No. 1 spot on Open Doors’ 2008 World Watch List is no stranger: North […]
Smart Retiree
A retired man moves near a junior high school. He spends the first few weeks of retirement in peace and quiet. However, when a new school year begins, three young boys beat on every trash can they encounter every day on their way home from school. Finally, the man decides to take action and walks […]
Jesus and Justice Always Kiss
Jesus and Justice Always Kiss: A Plea to Youth Pastors Making Out with Empire by Jarrod McKenna 02-11-2009 That U.S. megaphone of amazing grace, Shane Claiborne, was recently moved to tears after witnessing a youth gathering in Australia. As he wrote: Can you imagine if our North American Christian conferences had a witness on the […]
Hymn in a Time of Tragedy
Here’s another hymn worth considering for Sunday (the weekend after Black Saturday in Victoria, February 2009). Appropriate in the context of prayers of intercession and healing in the light of the bushfire tragedy. —————– Origins: This song comes from John L. Bell and Graham Maule of the Iona Community. The words were sung after sixteen […]
Prayer for Guidance
Prayer of Fr Mychal Judge OFM Lord, lead me where you want me to go. Let me meet who you want me to meet. Tell me what you want me to say And keep me out of your way. Amen. – Fr Mychal Judge (1933-2001), Franciscan Priest, Chaplain to New York Fire Department, first casualty […]
Back from Sheol
A sermon on Psalm 30 by Nathan Nettleton, 15 February 2009 “Lord, how I begged you, and you, God, saved me. You pulled me from the pit, brought me back from Sheol.” Those words from the psalmist have an eerie ring this week We’ve heard such things a few too many times “I’ve seen the […]
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