Rowland Croucher
Faith and belief
Faith and Belief. March 25, 2008 Fr Vincent Donovan was a Catholic missionary to the Masai tribe in Africa during the late 60s and early 70s. He basically redefined (rediscovered?) what mission is, from the western cultural imposition that it was, to the discovery of God in the midst of culture and life. Christianity Rediscovered […]
Women and Men Drivers
A woman and a man are involved in a car accident on a snowy, cold Monday morning; it’s a bad one. Both of their cars are totally demolished but amazingly neither of them are hurt.. God works in mysterious ways. After they crawl out of their cars, the man is yelling about women drivers; the […]
Peter’s Mother
Peter invited his mother for dinner, during the course of the meal; his mother couldn’t help but notice how lovely Peter’s flat mate, Joanne, was. She had long been suspicious of a relationship between the two, and this only made her more curious. Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she […]
Living In This Moment – Free From Worry
A Sermon based on Matthew 6:25-34 Every person makes every decision they make about money based on either greed or fear. They’re either driven to get more because, no matter how much they already have, it’s never enough or they’re trying to protect themselves from some loss they perceive would leave them without what they […]
Stewardship Campaigns: two views…
Financial stewardship [Reproduced from an online list, with the author’s permission]. If I were to commit my finances to the church in this day of thriftiness and economic carefulness in households (after all Interest rates keep rising), then surely I would be looking for value on my money. Let us start with the economic value […]
Dear Minister (Passport Application)
Dear Minister, I’m in the process of renewing my passport but I am a total loss to understand or believe the hoops I am being asked to jump through. How is it that Bert Smith of T.V. Rentals Basingstoke has my address and telephone number and knows that I bought a satellite dish from them […]
Colonoscopy Humour
[A physician claims these are actual comments from his patients made while he was performing colonoscopies.] 1. “Take it easy, Doc, you’re boldly going where no man has gone before.” 2. “Find Amelia Earhart yet?” 3. “Can you hear me NOW?” 4. “Oh boy, that was sphincterrific!” 5. “Are we there yet? Are we there […]
History Stuff You Need to Know
Beer was the first trademarked product – British beer Bass Pale Ale received its trademark in 1876. Playing-cards were known in Persia and India as far back as the 12th century. A pack then consisted of 48 instead of 52 cards. Excavations from Egyptian tombs dating to 5,000 BC show that the ancient Egyptian kids […]
Perth man auctions ‘life’ on eBay
March 18, 2008 – 3:51PM A man in Australia is auctioning his life – his house, his job, his clothes and his friends – on eBay, after his marriage broke up, saying he wants to start a new life. “It’s time to move. A completely fresh start. I want to see where life takes me,” […]
Nicodemus As Heroic Risk-taker
(Expanded version: excerpts are preached relevant to the context). Genesis 12:1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3: 1-17. We were living in Canada when Scott Peck’s book The Road Less Traveled hit the best-seller lists. His thesis: life is risky; it’s not trouble-free. We’ve done a better job in modern Western cultures of ensuring […]
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