Rowland Croucher
Spanish Computers
A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine. ‘House’ for instance, is feminine: ‘la casa.’ ‘Pencil,’ however, is masculine: ‘el lapiz.’ A student asked, ‘What gender is ‘computer’?’ Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male […]
50 ways to save money
SOME MONEY SAVING TIPS Keep track of what you spend for a month. Review it to distinguish the essentials from the extras (needs vs. wants). A simple budget planner and a lot of other useful information can be found at http://www.understandingmoney.gov.au. Combine insurances (car, house, etc) and ask for a discount for it. Bundle telecommunications […]
Secular Poets, Sacred Problems
*Sightings* 7/24/08 — V. Joshua Adams Charles Simic, outgoing U.S. Poet Laureate, recently published his nineteenth book of poems, entitled *That Little Something*. The title is both a joke and a lament: Simic is a poet who, during a long and successful career, has mastered the art of sounding ironic and playful while actually being […]
Irrelevance ‘R Us
Another interesting essay from my (very) liberal mate Harry Cook … Rowland. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Religion Works Essays by Harry T. Cook July 25, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read “Irrelevance ‘R Us,” this weekend’s essay, please scroll down. The Anglican Circus McGurkus came this week to jolly old England as bishops strolled about the closes and garths of […]
Sabbath-keeping
July 22, 2008 Sabbath-keeping key to experiencing God’s love, Yaconelli tells Cascades conferees ‘Silence is God’s first language,’ renowned retreat leader says by Mike Ferguson Special to Presbyterian News Service BEND, OR — Mark Yaconelli has a hard-won reputation helping youth pastors and leaders to find new ways to disciple young people. But late last […]
Pray as you can
July 12, 2005 Romans 8:26-39; Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 by Rachel M. Srubas “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words” (Romans 8:26). I was raised in a middle-class, suburban family for whom religion, […]
The Power of the Religious Right in the U. S. is waning
This is a transcript from PM. The program is broadcast around Australia at 5:10pm on Radio National and 6:10pm on ABC Local Radio. Reverend author predicts shift in the role of religion in politics PM – Wednesday, 23 July , 2008 18:23:00 Reporter: Mark Colvin MARK COLVIN: The religious right was one of the key […]
Eckhart Tolle And The Christian Tradition (richard Rohr)
ECKHART TOLLE AND THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION By Richard Rohr, OFM Although Eckhart Tolle is arousing great interest today, many think he is a novelty, New Age, or even non-religious. The process—and that is what it is—that he is teaching, can be traced through the Greek and Latin traditions of contemplation, the apophatic tradition in particular, […]
What is a Fundamentalist?
(Note from Rowland: this is from a liberal friend; whilst I agree with his aversion to Fundamentalism in most respects, I could also write a similar diatribe against Liberalism. See e.g. http://jmm.org.au/articles/9090.htm ***** In the interest of clarity, let me affirm that I do, indeed, make a distinction between Christians and fundamentalists. …. In short: […]
I Am The Very Model of a Crazy Fundamentalist
I Am The Very Model of a Crazy Fundamentalist [Duet] I am the very model of a crazy fundamentalist My modus operandi ain’t one of the very gentle -est I’ll rant and shout, my venom spout in terms uncategorical ‘Cause I can’t tell the Earth from Hell or real from allegorical [Duet] I try to […]
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