Rowland Croucher
Barack Obama and Reinhold Niebuhr
Prayer for a serene realist barack obama As Barack Obama enters the White House, it is already clear that few more thoughtful and intellectual men have been elected President. In this essay to celebrate the inauguration, Iwan Russell Jones traces the connections between Obama and the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and asks whether we are about […]
Quotes on Justice etc.
Seen on a Facebook site: “y’know…there’s not a man, woman or child alive who doesn’t enjoy… a tasty beverage!” – -david letterman “where you live should not decide, whether you live or whether you die” –bono “there has to be something more to life than just being ridiculously, ridiculously good-looking…and I’m gonna find out what […]
‘War on terror’ is wrong
British foreign secretary says ‘war on terror’ is wrong By staff writers 15 Jan 2009 As US president George Bush finishes his last week in office, British foreign secretary David Miliband has said that the use of the “war on terror” as a western rallying cry since the September 11 attacks has been a mistake. […]
Religious Suicide In An Investor’s World
*Sightings* 1/15/09 — Rita Polevoy As the New Year begins, many are haunted by losses suffered from the ongoing economic crisis. Amongst the biggest losers sits Bernard Madoff, mastermind of a fifty billion dollar Ponzi scheme that stole from those who invested with him, including multiple Jewish charities such as Steven Spielberg’s Wunderkinder Foundation; businesses […]
This ‘Pachelbel Rant’…
…has been viewed more than 6 million times on YouTube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM Enjoy! Rowland
Tips for Better Life
Found on a Facebook page: 1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile. 2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. 3. Sleep for 7 hours. 4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. 5. Play more games. 6. Read more books than you […]
Religion and Science
*Sightings* 1/8/09 News from the Religion and Science Front — Douglas Anderson In the scientific community, there has been a significant increase in “sightings” of articles and studies on the “science” of religion. Various points of view, and occasionally overt agendas, emerge from the research. If a Templeton-like foundation is funding the study, for instance, […]
Sex and Seminaries
Sightings 1/12/09 — Martin E. Marty Did you know that there is a Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing? Last Thursday, January 8, the Institute, together with Union Theological Seminary in New York, issued a fifty-two page report, which is a call for North American Theological Seminaries to offer more courses and programs […]
Farewell, President (from America’s premier Christian historian)
*Sightings *1/19/09 Farewell, President — Martin E. Marty Tomorrow, they tell us, is an epochal day in America and on the world-scene, so we’ll choose to be reflective about some of its meanings. The dictionary says that *sighting* is “the act of catching sight of something, especially something unusual or searched.” The original charter of […]
They Walk Among Us!
I couldn’t find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and I was in good hands. Then she asked me, “Has your […]
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