Rowland Croucher
Pun Intended
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian. 3. She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still. 4. A […]
Gotta Love Dogs
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Anonymous Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. -Will Rogers There is […]
Blended Families
A few years ago I wrote an article on Blended Families for several of my parishioners/clients, and HarperCollins published it as a chapter in a little book I wrote… http://jmm.org.au/articles/5289.htm It’s probably a bit dated here and there, and also a little more conservative than I am now, but if you or anyone here has […]
Hello and Goodbye
Today, I picked up my mother-in-law at the airport. She’s getting a little vague up there. She’s at the age where she doesn’t remember things too well. So, when I saw her, I said, “Thanks for coming. Have a nice flight!” =========================== How do you make a blonde laugh on Saturday? Tell her a joke […]
Letter to a Bank
Dear Sirs, In view of what seems to be happening internationally with banks at the moment, I was wondering if you could advise me… if one of my cheques is returned marked ‘insufficient funds,’ how do I know whether that refers to me or to you?
Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms
Crazy Talk: A Not-So-Stuffy Dictionary of Theological Terms, ed. Rolf Jacobson, Augsburg, 2008. If the authors have German names, the book is published by Augsburg Press, has a chapter on Reformation, and prefers ‘Communion’ to ‘Eucharist/Mass’, you’ll guess it has an ‘Evangelical Lutheran’ flavour. Here’s a racy – yes, sometimes crazy – easy-to-read little pocketbook […]
In Memoriam
Harry T. Cook 11/02/08 A Sermon for the Feast of All Saints In one of the early scenes of the 1950 movie “King Solomon’s Mines,” ivory hunters shoot a huge bull elephant. As he collapses, other elephants are seen to gather around him trying to get him up. Finally they just stand around the corpse […]
Prayer Network Newsletter
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED CHURCH SUNDAY 9th NOVEMBER * CHRISTIANS GATHER IN IRAQ TO PRAY FOR THEIR NATION * TEENAGERS SOME OF THE MOST SPIRITUALLY ACTIVE IN AMERICA * UN SECRETARY SAYS CHRISTIANS ARE GOOD ALLIES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY * GOD BLESSES PHILIPPINE TRIBE THAT […]
Body facts
It takes your food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach. One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb). Human thighbones are stronger than concrete. A woman’s heart beats faster than a man’s. There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet. Women blink twice as often as men. […]
Halloween and Pumpkins
From an online friend: This was sent to me & I liked it as a good simple explanation of what being a Christian is like, especially as we have been through the time when the media focus on Halloween, which has nothing to do with being a Christian. It may be a useful in for […]
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