Rowland Croucher
Give Attention to Reading
“Give attention to reading! For most of us, including people who have spent a lifetime in academic and church work, reading is the one thing we only allow ourselves to do as a kind of luxury when the urgent things are done. Part of the problem is that in modern Western culture reading feels like […]
What Are Little Boys And Old Ladies Made Of?
What Are Little Boys And Old Ladies Made Of?…….. 🙂 Oh what are little boys made of made of What are little boys made of made of Pigeons and nails and puppy dog tails That’s what little boys are made of Oh what are little girls made of made of What are little girls made […]
Music quotes
The best one-line music review ever written comes from Mark Twain: “Wagner’s music is not as bad as it sounds.” Second best: Queen Victoria’s reaction (reputedly) after attending a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore: “We are not amused.”
‘tree Of Life’ Makes Used Weapons Into Sign Of Hope
11 July 2005 In the wake of Mozambique’s long civil war, lasting from 1976 to 1992, a group of artists, sponsored by Christian aid, set up the Transforming Arms into Tools (TAE) project in the nation’s capital, Maputo. Sculptors use decomissioned weapons, and parts of weapons to make art, expressing the possibility of finding new […]
Bethlehem Besieged
Mitri Raheb. Bethlehem Besieged: Stories of Hope in Times of Trouble. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004. Pp. 157. [1] The interface between religion and society in the modern state of Israel and the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza is particularly poignant just now. Because of the smallness of the geographical area and the intensity […]
The Historic Wronging of Palestine
By Mary Rizzo • May 10th, 2008 at 10:23 WRITTEN BY DAVID MORRISON The state of Israel came into existence 60 years ago on 14 May 1948. In the months before and after this declaration, Jewish forces drove around 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. Over 500 villages were emptied of their Palestinian population and most […]
The Decline of the U. S. Empire
US hurts as economic crisis worsens Geoffrey Garrett October 13, 2008 12:00am FROZEN capital markets,impending global recession and governments and central bankers flailing around unable to do anything about it. It is no surprise that the history books are being scoured for clues as to what’s next for America and the world – including Australia. […]
Capitalism in crisis
* Scott Burchill * October 8, 2008 Free market failure. A jittery world is questioning the fundamental tenets of the economic system. AS THE world’s financial markets have unwound, three simultaneous crises have become apparent. The fallout goes beyond the immediate effect on either individuals or on the workings of the global economic system to […]
Knowing Jesus (James Alison)
[Note from Rowland: Here’s a book I must read some time] Review on Amazon.com By Ihar Ivanou – This book, though not big, is not an easy-swallowed work, rather it demands being read and thought through very carefully. Just as with any really good theological text, it challenges the reader to re-consider again and again […]
Catholic Dogs
A Catholic priest found a small boy with a sign advertising “Catholic pups for sale” outside church one Sunday after Mass, and wished his enterprise well. The next Sunday he saw the same boy setting up for sales outside the Baptist church. Curiosity prompted him to stop, and it was rewarded as he got out […]
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