Rowland Croucher
Two Blondes on a Plane
There were two blondes going to California for the summer, they are about two hours into the flight and the pilot gets on the intercom and says we just lost an engine but it is all right we have three more but it will take us an hour longer. A half hour later he gets […]
Garrison Keillor – The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
10/8/2008 We are a stalwart and stouthearted people, and never more so than in hard times. People weep in the dark and arise in the morning and go to work. The waves crash on your nest egg and a chunk is swept away and you put your salami sandwich in the brown bag and get […]
The Creation Museum
— Joseph Laycock Last summer I took a road-trip to Kentucky to see the new Creation Museum. The twenty-seven million dollar museum was established by the Biblical apologist movement Answers in Genesis (AiG). The movement teaches that the earth is only six thousand years old, and the museum sets itself to the task of explaining […]
Public Preaching
*Sightings* 3/24/08 — Martin E. Marty *Public Pulpits* by friend Steven M. Tipton of Emory is a timely, historically-informed analysis of “Methodists and Mainline Churches in the Moral Argument of Public Life.” The “pulpit” is largely metaphoric here, because Tipton’s accent is on policy-making and headquarters’ involvements in politics, but these inform preachers. The book […]
Exploding Pumpkins
Exploding Pumpkins: Gourd, What A Mess http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=%2095603520&ps=bb3 All Things Considered, October 10, 2008 ยท Armand Michaud was tending his pumpkin patch when he heard something eerie. “I heard like a pfffff, and I looked around, and I thought ‘What the heck is that?'” he says. Then he saw a 2-foot crack in one of his […]
Good News Bad News
A man receives a phone call from his doctor. *The doctor says, *”I have some good news and some bad news.” *The man says, * “OK, give me the good news first.” *The doctor says, *”The good news is, you have 24 hours to live.” *The man replies, * “Oh no! If that’s the good […]
Many are Called but Few are Chosen
Another thoughtful offering from my liberal friend (yes!) Harry, with whom I disagree on many things, but who is still a welcome inputter into my inbox and mind! Rowland. Barely Chosen to Play Right Field Harry T. Cook 10/12/08 Matthew 22: 1-14 Leave it to Matthew to abandon grace for retribution. In one of his […]
International News
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * IRAQI PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE TO CHRISTIANS OF IRAQ * EMERGENCY PRAYER ALERT – SOMALIA * UN WARNS OVER ZIMBABWE FOOD AID * 15,000 GATHER FOR WORSHIP IN CANADA TO EXPERIENCE A FORETASTE OF HEAVEN * LAOS: VILLAGE TO EXPEL 55 CHRISTIANS * AMERICAN CITY TARGETS CRIME WITH PRAYER ———————————————– IRAQI […]
The Shack
Received this today, commended by someone I respect highly: The Shack One book that was recommended to us was The Shack. (A shack is a small simple wooden house that is in poor condition.) It has created quite a stir among the Christian community in North America, and many non-Christians are reading it as well […]
The World’s Financial Systems
The soundness of the financial system in various nations, as ranked by the World Economic Forum. Canada was 1st followed by Sweden and Luxumbourg, with Australia 4th. RANKINGS 1. Canada 2. Sweden 3. Luxembourg 4. Australia 5. Denmark 6. Netherlands 7. Belgium 8. New Zealand 9. Ireland 10. Malta 11. Hong Kong 12. Finland 13. […]
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