Rowland Croucher
Leadership: Law and Grace
by Thomas Scarborough During the course of my postgraduate studies in Christian leadership (now four years), I have gradually come to see Church leadership in terms of LAW AND GRACE. The distinction between Law and Grace is of course one of the most fundamental distinctions in the Bible: “You are not under the law, but […]
Australian Clergy
From my friend Alan: Some bits and pieces on ministry,which I found both interesting and helpful. 1. Talitha Arnold’s, “Brick by Brick,Sunday by Sunday: Creating God,Creating Still”, worth a read on ministry, sabbaths and creativity. If you are looking for something to reflect, read, wish you also could go to Florence, or be refreshed, when […]
Abortion: Pro and Con
Giving women total control * Roger Short, Lachlan De Crespigny and Julian Savulescu * August 15, 2008 Every birth should be a wanted birth. That must be the aim in Victoria. AUSTRALIA in general and Victoria in particular have lagged far behind the rest of the developed world in their attitude to abortion. The United […]
Problem Name
The famous Olympic skier Picabo Street (pronounced Peek-A-Boo) is not just an athlete. She is now a nurse currently working at the Intensive Care Unit of a large metropolitan hospital. ?She is not permitted to answer the hospital telephones. It caused too much confusion when she would answer the phone and say, Picabo, ICU.?
Count Me Out (A Liberal View of Anglicans and Homosexuality)
Ethics & Public Policy Essays by Harry T. Cook August 15, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read this weekend’s essay, “Count Me Out,” scroll down. Recently, the bishops of what’s left of the Anglican Communion met in solemn session for three weeks in England and brought forth a mouse. Instead of ignoring their fundamentalist counterparts’ ranting and […]
Hunger in the Ancient World
Heard in a talk this last week: ‘80% in the ancient world lived on 900 calories a day – less than the Atkins Diet…’
Canadians
Canada is an interesting country. We lived there for two years. A plus: Canada would have the friendliest and fairest police/justice system of any country I’ve visited… A minus: An Australian friend working in Canada said to me recently: ‘Canadians don’t know who they are… but they won’t let you be anything else!’ (See http://jmm.org.au/articles/17347.htm […]
Who’s Eligible?
(Another thought-provoking sermon from a liberal Episcopalian. Rowland). Matthew 15: 21-28 By Harry T. Cook If we remember that all four gospels we find in the New Testament were assembled no earlier than 70 C.E., and that much of their content reflects the life of the communities out of which they came, it will be […]
Australian Prayer Network Newsletter
* CHRISTIANS BEING TERRORISED IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES * CHURCHES DAMAGED AS GEORGIA AND RUSSIA CLASH * BAPTIST CHURCH CALLS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION * ANGLICAN LEADER APPEALS FOR UNITY AS LAMBETH CONFERENCE CLOSES * BEIJING HOUSE CHURCHES FORCED TO PLEDGE NOT TO MEET DURING OLYMPICS * NUCLEAR WEAPONS COULD SOON FALL UNDER THE CONTROL OF […]
Irish drinkers in a pub
Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar. After awhile, one guy looks at the other and says, ‘I can’t help but think, from listening to you, that you’re from Ireland.’ The other guy responds proudly, ‘Yes, that I am!’ The first guy says, ‘So am I! And where about from Ireland […]
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