Rowland Croucher
Have Pentecostalism, will travel: Sarah Palin’s Religion
From The Times Literary Supplement September 17, 2008 Have Pentecostalism, will travel How Sarah Palin’s religion continues to evolve around the world David Martin In Western Europe, Christianity seems a fading residue. In the mid-1980s embattled Maronites in Lebanon asked me if there were any Christian equivalents of “Islamic revivalism” and I could only think […]
Australian Clergyman throws out the Ten Commandments
New faith throws out the Ten Commandments * Barney Zwartz * September 16, 2008 Cleric Francis Macnab of St Michael’s Uniting Church on Collins Street, is hoping to start a new faith for the 21st century that moves away from an interventionist God. Cleric Francis Macnab of St Michael’s Uniting Church on Collins Street, is […]
War on poverty can be won
Critics argue aid doesn’t work. The reality is too little aid doesn’t work. * Tim Costello * September 19, 2008 NEXT week political leaders will meet in New York to try to get the world’s assault on poverty back on track. No doubt few business leaders in Australia will pay much heed to the United […]
Greed in the Economy: It’s the Morality, Sinner
************************************************* SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/KdLWub11_4mK/ ************************************************* QUOTE OF THE WEEK No paramilitary commander operates alone. They operate with the military, and the man in charge then was General Montoya. – Sister Rosa Cadavid, a Catholic nun in the Medellin neighborhood who has publicly denounced operations in which the Colombian […]
American Islam Enters its Next Phase
*Sightings* 9/18/08 — Omer M. Mozaffar Thousands of Muslim mourners flocked to Chicago last week to bury their beloved Brother Imam, Warith Deen Mohammed, who died on September 9. They laid to rest what may be the single most significant legacy in the history of American Islam. Many of the roads that today define American […]
Book Review: Across the Bridge
Review by Thomas Scarborough Don Fleming is perhaps best known as the author of several “basic tools” for ministry, of which his World’s Bible Dictionary is my own favourite reference, for all its simplicity. Don is also well known for his work through Bridgeway Publications, which seeks to place these and other tools in the […]
Riddles
A man walks out his front door and walks directly south for one mile. Then he turns and walks directly east for one mile. Then he sees a bear and runs directly north for one mile, reaches his front door and gets in just in time. Question is. What color is the bear? x x […]
Baptist Union of Victoria Code of Ethics
Baptist Union of Victoria Code of Ethics Companion Guide Updated October 2007 Background In April 2004 the Executive Council of the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV) established a Professional Standards Group (PSG) to examine processes related to the education of its pastors and congregations and to review the BUV’s complaints procedures. The PSG determined that […]
Vietnam
Subj: Vietnam: Prayer vigils push government to breaking point. VIETNAM: PRAYER VIGILS PUSH GOVERNMENT TO BREAKING POINT Vietnam’s Protestant and Catholic churches have long sought the return of properties seized by the Communist authorities since they came to power. In the north the confiscations date back to the 1950’s, while in the south they date […]
Real Poverty
Perspective! One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their […]
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