Rowland Croucher
Am I a Fireman Yet?
Am I A Fireman Yet?? In Queensland, Australia, a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying of terminal leukaemia. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of determination. Like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up & fulfil all his dreams. […]
Teenage rebellion
From a Facebook friend: “I visited a local Uniting Church close to my parents home this morning and we sang Joy to the World – also by Isaac Watts. You probably know – but I didn’t – that he was only about 18-19 when he started to write hymns. The UC minister explained that Isaac […]
Christmas waste another reflection of our consumerist lifestyle
In Australia this Christmas, we spent $1billion on unwanted presents. http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,28323,24843655-14327,00.html This further illustrates our society’s addiction to buying presents just for the heck of it at Christmas. As usual, the Murdoch press encourages people to have a whinge by prompting readers to tell them all about any shocker Christmas gifts they received. Thankfully only […]
Are the poor undeserving?
From a Usenet friend: Matthew Parris is a regular Times columnist. A very clever gentleman, is our Matthew; always has been. You may remember when he decided to ‘prove’ that the British poor were undeserving, by living on benefits for a week? Here’s what he had to say about that little experiment, more recently: “I’ve […]
Christmas crime :-)
The baby Jesus statue is stolen so often from nativity scenes in Wellington, Fla., many of the figurines have been outfitted with GPS tracking devices to expedite recovery efforts. “I think it’s because Jesus is small enough to take,” said the town’s Director of Operations, John Bonde. “Everything else is too big.” Last year, an […]
Complaining Wife
My friend Eddy is sport mad. His wife is always complaining. Eddy said, “The other day she was moaning on about how I had spent the whole summer in front of the TV watching sport. There was the European Championship, Wimbledon, Cricket, the Olympics etc, etc. I thought well perhaps she’s got a point, so […]
Quotes to Keep Christians Humble
When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. – Robert Pirsig I refuse to believe in a god who is the primary cause of conflict in the world, preaches racism, sexism, homophobia, and ignorance, and then sends me to hell if […]
Always believe in miracles
From a Usenet friend: This is a little long, this story, but a heart touching one, nevertheless! :-).Sent to me by a friend tonight….. Yes, I even ran THIS one through Snopes dot com, and found it to be possibly true. They have confirmed the Santa’s ID and the location, but cannot confirm the child’s […]
Student
A student comes to a young professor’s office hours. She glances down the hall, closes his door, kneels pleadingly. “I would do anything to pass this exam.” She leans closer to him, flips back her hair, gazes meaningfully into his eyes. “I mean…” she whispers, “…I would do…anything.” He returns her gaze. “Anything?” “Anything.” His […]
Turkey
CIRCULATION CODE 3. OPEN. May be circulated to general mailing lists, outside organizations, and quoted from freely in reports citing “Middle East Concern” as the source of the information. **** The Legal Committee of the Alliance of Protestant Churches of Turkey recently issued a report on the legal difficulties concerning church buildings. Changes were made […]
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