Rowland Croucher
The Miracle Dreams (christmas)
THE MIRACLE DREAMS By Susie M. Best That night when in Judean skies the mystic star dispensed its light, a blind man moved in his sleep and dreamed that He had sight. That night when shepherds heard the song of hosts angelic choiring near, a deaf man stirred in slumber’s spell and dreamed that he […]
Success
“Success is not who has the most; success is who needs the least.”
Small Boy
A mother took her five-year-old son with her To the bank on a busy lunchtime. They got behind a very fat woman wearing a Business suit complete with pager. As they waited patiently, the little boy said loudly, “Gee, she’s fat!” The mother bent down and whispered in The little boys ear to be quiet. […]
Child’s Bible
A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible. Through the eyes of a child: The Children’s Bible in a Nutshell: In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, ‘The Lord thy God is one, but I think He […]
The Season of Generosity
*Sightings* 12/18/08 — Spencer Dew and Jeremy Biles In a December 16th column in the *New York Times*, science writer John Tierney turned to the religious tradition of the potlatch, the Kwakiutl Indian practice of ceremonial giving, with the aim of addressing our own economic “hard times.” “Now that we’re being punished for our great […]
The Truth
I’ve recently been reading a few things about the nature of truth. One writer suggests that people can, with some exceptions, be divided into three classes. 1. Those who try to tell the truth, and admit their errors when these are pointed out to them. 2. Liars, who know the truth, but don’t like it […]
Sorrows of Iraqi Christians
Sins and Sorrows Grow in Mosul For Iraq’s Christians, a fearful Christmas amid shootings and a worsening humanitarian crisis. It was already late on Christmas Day, 2005, in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, when my friend Luqman Khadir, an ethnic Kurd and non-practicing Muslim, passed along a surprising invitation. A fellow Kurd, one of […]
Fighting Terrorism
Sightings *12/15/08 The Mimetic Principle — Martin E. Marty “The mimetic principle,” most developed by Ren © Girard, today captures the attention of psychologists, literary critics, war-and-peace makers, and experts in many disciplines. It builds on the desires and behavior of humans who see something they and their rivals both want. As they follow up, the […]
Economics and the Current Financial Crisis
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly has asked theologians, ethicists, and others to comment on the current financial crisis: The first thing that becomes apparent in times like this is how imaginary the economy is. Not imaginary in the sense of fake, necessarily, but in the sense of the way economic realities depend on how reality is […]
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