Rowland Croucher
Baker
After starting a new diet I altered my drive to work to avoid passing my favourite bakers. I accidentally drove by the bakers this morning, and as I approached, there in the window were a host of goodies. I felt this was no accident, so I prayed … ‘Jesus, it’s up to you, if you […]
Christians in Jerusalem want Jews to stop spitting on them
By Amiram Barkat Haaretz November 25, 2007 A few weeks ago, a senior Greek Orthodox clergyman in Israel attended a meeting at a government office in Jerusalem’s Givat Shaul quarter. When he returned to his car, an elderly man wearing a skullcap came and knocked on the window. When the clergyman let the window down, […]
Letter to a bank manager
Probably an old one, with different words to it…:-)) Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a bank by an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check […]
English language
No wonder non-english speaking people have problems with the language. The bandage was wound round the wound The farm was used to produce produce The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse We must polish the Polish furniture He could lead if he would get the lead out The soldier decided […]
Why sorry is not enough
* An apology not before time Paul Austin February 21, 2008 PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd and the Australian Parliament apologised to the Aboriginal stolen generations on February 13, 2008, and many Australians will never forget it. Premier Jeff Kennett and the Victorian Parliament apologised to the Aboriginal stolen generations on September 17, 1997, and many […]
Historic Apology – and Mother England
Mother England as much to blame Geoffrey Robertson THE HISTORIC apology offered by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to the stolen generations was a crucial step for Australia, as novelist Richard Flanagan wrote this week. But it does not make amends for the role played by the British in the destruction and degradation of the Aboriginal […]
Growth, Violence, and the Coming Religious Peace
Growth, Violence and the Coming Religious Peace. February 19, 2008 Growth, Violence, and the Coming Religious Peace *Sightings* 2/18/08 ¢â‚¬“ Martin E. Marty Decades ago an *Atlantic* editor suggested an idea for an article which I somehow failed to produce. I recall him saying that the magazine rarely covered religion, but when it did, as […]
Evangelical bishops differ on sexuality
By Mark Vernon 14 Feb 2008 Last week, an essay written by James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool and a leading evangelical, came to light in which he argued that the Bible includes remarkable accounts of same-sex relationships. Jones come as near you can, without actually saying it, to suggesting that the Bible sanctions committed […]
What difference does God make today?
What difference does God make today? February 19, 2008 What difference does God make today? Simon Barrow Abstract In a society which is publicly sceptical of Christianity and which often assumes that all ¢â‚¬ËœGod talk ¢â‚¬â„¢ is superstituous or merely subjective, this paper suggests how the basic grammar of Christian belief can make sense today, and […]
Two Good Quotes
“Even when they call us mad, when they call us trouble makers and communists and all the epithets they put on us, we know we only preach the subversive witness of the Beatitudes, which have turned everything upside down.” – Oscar Romero, Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador, murdered in March 1980 “Christianity has become part […]
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