Rowland Croucher
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
In its opening weekend “The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian” ruled the box office! As moviegoers rush to see the new film, Beliefnet offers fans these fun features: *Check out this video where fans of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ talk about what the series means to them: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/233/story_23305_1.html *Actor Ben Barnes, who plays Prince Caspian, […]
BENEDICT XVI and the Search for Truth
BENEDICT XVI and the Search for Truth by Robert Tilley (St Pauls Publications 2007). Pope Benedict’s first encyclical letter ‘Deus Caritas Est’ was a revelation to me (http://jmm.org.au/articles/19956.htm ). I’d heard from my progressive Catholic friends that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was a hardliner – more concerned, as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of […]
Home blessings
From an experienced pastor: I’ve been invited to bless new homes on several occasions over the years – mostly by people from the Indian subcontinent. I normally take an extemporaneous approach. Over the years I have also been involved in a few “spiritual cleansings” of homes in which there have been disturbances. It’s been encouraging […]
Job Applications
An applicant was filling out a job application. When he came to the question, “Have you ever been arrested?” He answered, “No.” The next question, intended for people who had answered in the affirmative to the last one, was “Why?” The applicant answered it anyway: “Never got caught.” ———————————- Employer to applicant: “In this job […]
Blind Man and Blondes
A blind man wanders into an all girls biker bar by mistake. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders a beer. After sitting there for awhile, he yells to the bartender….. ‘Hey, You wanna hear a blonde joke?’ The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman […]
Religion and public
(The tendency to treat all religions as equally silly actually has the effect of giving space to the mad, the marginal and the dangerous.) 21 May 2008 Religion and public life Professor of Philosophy at the University of Warwick, Roger Trigg on the pressure to privatise religion and keep it out of public life. This […]
Prayers for a Privileged People
From a friend: Just wanted to draw your attention to Walter Brueggemann’s latest book “Prayers for a Privileged People” which is full of stunning, insightful, subversive, thought-provoking prayers from a First World perspective. It’s about praying with eyes wide open to our context of wealth, power and privilege and how we might pray our way […]
Blessing of a Home
(From my friend Simon): Leader: Peace be with this house and with all who live here. Blessed be the name of the Lord! Confession: Leader: We acknowledge that we stand on the land of which the Wurundjeri people have been custodians from time immemorial. May we work through what it means to claim ownership of […]
Men (composed by women)
How many intelligent, honest, caring men in the world does it take to do the dishes? Both of them. Why does it take 1 million sperm to fertilize one egg? They don`t stop and ask for directions. How does a man show that he is planning for the future? He buys two cases of beer. […]
Seeking dialogue with ‘Islam of the people’
All Things Catholic by John L. Allen, Jr. Friday, May 23, 2008 – Vol. 7, No. 36 Though the parallel shouldn’t be pushed too far, in some ways Christian/Muslim relations today might be compared to where things stood with personal computers back in the early 1980s. Everybody knew PCs were the future, but they wouldn’t […]
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