Rowland Croucher
Word Plays
~ A man rushed into the doctor’s office and shouted, “Doctor! I think I’m shrinking!!” The doctor calmly responded, “Now, settle down. You’ll just have to be a little patient.” ~ Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. However, all the league records were unfortunately destroyed in a fire. […]
St. Francis – the Greatest Christian since the first century?
Response from a net-friend: Well now, I realize Francis has always been highly respected in the West, but I still think that if you Google “Life St. Seraphim Sarov” or “Life St. John Kronstadt” you will get a pretty good idea why I have to balk at the idea of Francis as “greatest Christian since […]
If My Body Were A Car
If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I’ve got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull… but that’s not the worst of it. My headlights are out of focus and […]
The Current Economic Crisis – in Simple English
Crikey: Bede Doherty (yesterday, comments ) asked: “Is it possible for someone to please explain in simple English with simple examples how this crisis came to be?” Here at Crikey, we like to help. So we bring you without further ado, the first (and possibly last) episode of the Wall Street crisis explained. The first […]
Construction Site
The strong young man at the construction site was bragging that he could outdo anyone in a feat of strength. He made a special case of making fun of one of the older workmen. After several minutes, the older worker had had enough. “Why don’t you put your money where your mouth is,” he said. […]
Killing the Messenger (Matthew 21:33-43)
Killing the Messenger Harry T. Cook 10/05/08 Matthew 21: 33-43 The text at hand is Matthew’s thinly-veiled parable of the vineyard coup d’etat wherein the owner’s emissaries are beaten, stoned and killed by his tenants and, in the end, even the owner’s son who had come to collect the vineyard crop is likewise killed. This […]
Doubt and Wisdom
Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts -Bertrand Russell
How much do we know about Indonesia?
What do Aussies really know about Indonesia? Irfan Yusuf October 06, 2008 12:00am INDONESIA is our closest neighbour. It also happens to be the largest Muslim-majority state in the world. Yet just how much do Australians know about Indonesia? At one time Indonesian was almost as commonly taught in high schools as French and German. […]
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
By Barbara Kiviat Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008 The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life By Alice Schroeder Bantam Books; 976 pages Warren Buffett the investor is widely known: his $5 billion bet on the battered Goldman Sachs on Sept. 23 surely came as no surprise to fans of his coolheaded strategy of buying […]
Craig Sorley: eco-evangelist
Craig Sorley By STEPHAN FARIS Craig Sorley’s conversion to environmentalism came after doctors removed a tumor from his brain. It was 1989 and Sorley was a student at a Christian college in St. Paul, Minn. As he recuperated, Sorley says he “sensed a very clear call” to find out what Christians were doing to solve […]
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