Rowland Croucher
When Prosecutors Grapple with Prayer
*Sightings *5/22/08 — Shawn F. Peters In recent months, prosecutors in both Oregon and Wisconsin have been confronted with a complex problem: Should parents who choose to treat their children’s illnesses with prayer rather than medicine be charged with abuse, neglect, or even manslaughter when their children die? As these cases begin to play out […]
Human-animal embryos in Britain
MOVES to create human-animal embryos in Britain for medical research would breach cultural barriers and leave many people feeling uneasy about medical research, local experts have warned. British researchers have been given the all-clear to begin inter-species research, in which human DNA is iWected into cells derived from animals. The result would be a hybrid […]
Lost parrot tells veterinarian his address
African grey parrot – missing two weeks – is returned to owners TOKYO – When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught – recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help. Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago […]
Important laws of life
The law of avoiding oversell – When putting cheese in a mousetrap, always leave room for the mouse. The law of common sense – Never accept a drink from a urologist. The law of self sacrifice – When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last. Boob’s law – You always find something in […]
Theologians Without Borders
This is a terrific concept ¢â‚¬ ¦ See http://theologianswithoutborders.blogspot.com/ **** ¢â‚¬Å“Theologians Without Borders ¢â‚¬ By Geoff Pound Theologians Without Borders (TWB) is a ministry of the Baptist World Alliance that brings together seminaries that need short-term teachers and conventions that need preachers with people who are equipped and available to serve. While it has commenced among Baptists it […]
Mothers’ Job Description
Mom’s Impressive Job Description Author and preacher Tony Campolo said that when his wife, Peggy, was at home full time with their children and someone would ask, “And what is it that you do, my dear?” she would respond, “I am socializing two Homo sapiens into the dominant values of the Judeo-Christian tradition in order […]
International cooperation, not rampant individualism, is the key to humanity’s future
May 21, 2008 PM Brown tells Presbyterians of ‘irrepressible revolution of our time’ When the then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher delivered a speech at the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly on May 22, 1988, she stunned church-going Scots by equating Christianity with free enterprise. The speech became known as the “Sermon on the Mound” […]
Should Gays and Lesbians be Allowed to Wed in our Churches?
Coming to grips with same-sex marriage ruling Hector Mata / Associated Press A wedding cake is on display during a street celebration of the California Supreme Court ruling that gay couples in the state can marry. Same-sex couples could tie the knot in as little as a month. Liberal and conservative congregations alike discuss whether […]
What do a billion Muslims really think?
The Gallup Poll of the Muslim World is the most comprehensive study ever done of this group. Many key results counter conventional wisdom. By Jane Lampman | Staff writer of the Christian Science Monitor from the May 16, 2008 edition The Gallup Poll of the Muslim World is the most comprehensive study ever done of […]
Catholic Church trying to ‘limit’ abuse debate
Church trying to ‘limit’ abuse debate Barney Zwartz May 17, 2008 THE Sydney bishop disowned by Australia’s Catholic bishops as failing to understand basic church teaching says the church is trying to restrict debate on sexual abuse. Bishop Geoffrey Robinson released a statement yesterday replying to his condemnation by the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference last […]
Categories
Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission
(provided they are unedited, and retain the original author/copyright information - and a reference to this website :-)!
26,756 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress