Rowland Croucher
Apology: an Aboriginal Perspective
AN ABORIGINAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE APOLOGY (Editors note: Some of our readers have asked could we obtain a report from one of our Aboriginal leaders as to their perspective on the apology given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd two weeks ago. Pastor Peter Walker a friend with whom we have shared the reconciliation journey over […]
Martin Marty on Rowan Williams
*Sightings * 2/25/08 On Rowan Williams — Martin E. Marty The Church of England today is a weak institution with a strong leader. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, though given few official powers, uses his office and voice in efforts to hold together the polarized eighty-million-member Anglican Communion. He is also a first-rate theologian and […]
Larry Norman Dies
MESSAGE FROM SOLID ROCK Hello everybody. Our friend and my wonderful brother Larry passed away at 2:45 Sunday morning. Kristin and I were with him, holding his hands and sitting in bed with him when his heart finally slowed to a stop. We spent this past week laughing, singing, and praying with him, and all […]
Sexually Abusive Priests: Do we welcome them back into the church?
Sexually abusive priests can throw up some interesting dilemmas for congregations! In the article below, Sharwood, after serving a jail term for abusing a 13yo boy, and immediately before his church tribunal hearing to determine whether he should remain a priest or be defrocked, sang in his local church choir. (Incidentally, he was released from […]
Where is the Middle Class?
Paul Krugman Princeton Professor of Economics Paul Krugman talks about how the New Deal society has been dismantled in America, and the reasons for it. He brings it back to a revival of Southern issues about race being used by the ‘Movement Conservatives’ to undo various social policies during the present administration. Paul Krugman is […]
Overheard…
‘Didn’t know he had a set of false teeth until it came out in conversation’…
Wikipedia’s Accuracy
Wikipedia survives research test John Seigenthaler criticised Wikipedia’s reliability The free online resource Wikipedia is about as accurate on science as the Encyclopedia Britannica, a study shows. The British journal Nature examined a range of scientific entries on both works of reference and found few differences in accuracy. Wikipedia is produced by volunteers, who add […]
The Future of Humans/The Planet
Project 21 Stephen Cauchi February 24, 2008 A SOLUTION to the energy crisis, access to clean water, and direct information download to the human brain — these are just some of the great advances the world’s scientists have in their sights for the 21st century. According to a panel of experts appointed by the US […]
Pray for the World
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * ACID ATTACKS ON WOMEN IN NEPAL INCREASING * FASTING AND PRAYER TURNS CHILD’S LIFE AROUND * AN EXAMPLE OF EXTRAORDINARY FORGIVENESS * MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE BIBLE AS GOD’S WORD * PRO-LIFE SENTIMENTS BUILDING IN UK POLITICIANS * POLISH MAN WAKES FROM COMA AFTER 19 YEARS ———————————————– ACID ATTACKS ON WOMEN […]
Church and State
“I accept Your Majesty as the sole source of ecclesiastical, spiritual and temporal power.” – The oath of loyalty sworn by Church of England bishops as members of a “Church established under the Crown” “They all act in opposition to the decrees of Caesar and claim instead that there is another king, Jesus.” – Acts […]
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