Rowland Croucher
Quick Check for Alzheimer’s
The following was developed as a mental age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard University . Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without a mistake. The average person over 40 years of age cannot do it! 1. This is this cat. 2. This is is cat. 3. […]
New (Senile) Virus
NEW VIRUS Just got this in from a reliable source. It seems there is a virus called the “Senile Virus” that even the most advanced programs of Norton and McAfee cannot take care of it, so be warned. The virus appears to affect those of us who were born before 1960! Like Milton and I […]
Diffusion of Innovations
From Rowland: Back in the 1960s/early 70s I did a Masters’ degree (University of Sydney) on The Diffusion of Innovations in Religious Organizations. I’ve just come across a Wikibooks article which summarizes this field of social psychology: According to Rogers (1996), diffusion refers to “the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels […]
Word – Drawing a Curve
*Drawing a Curve in Word* If you want to insert a curved line in your Word document, you can do so by following these steps: 1. Make sure the Drawing toolbar is displayed. 2. Click on AutoShapes. Word displays a menu of different shape categories. 3. Click on the Lines option. Word displays a palette […]
A Common Word Between Us and You (Mark Durie)
Note from Rowland: I have quickly gone through this long article to fix some of the glitches arising from changing a pdf article to text. But you’ll get all the words, and the general idea. It’s an excellent response to the original article and to the Yale Response, in my view. ***** Notes for Christians […]
Growth in orthodox Christian faith has roots in Global South
By Richard Land – Sep 5, 2007 We are witnessing a global surge in Christianity. While there was a day when it looked like Christianity might disappear in Western Europe, we are in the midst of an earthshaking transformation of the Christian faith there. And surprisingly enough, its origins are in what is now known […]
Barnabas Fund Prayer Focus Update
Prayer Focus Update February 2008 PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. It can be sent via email, is available as […]
Stress and Burnout Resources
MINISTRY FOR THE LONG HAUL – SOME RESOURCES (Updated October 2010) Dear Pastor and co-leaders Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s a quick guide to some wisdom/research on pastoral stress and burnout. The issues are sometimes not easily understood, and are widespread. In Australia alone there are somewhere between 12 and 14,000 ex-pastors, most of whom left pastoral/parish ministry in […]
Parent Trap
Aaron Diamant A new web warning for families. More and more parents are getting burned when their kids spill family secrets online. Sixteen year old Shannon knows the drill: Anything she posts on social networking sites can come back to haunt her when she applies for college or a job. Now, there’s a new twist […]
Homelessness in Australia
FAMILIES SWELL THE RANKS OF HOMELESS Homelessness is reaching further into the nation’s suburban heartland, with emergency accommodation services reporting unprecedented demand from everyday families unable to pay mortgages and rent. The need for beds is so great that some welfare groups are giving away sleeping bags. In the NSW city of Newcastle, three destitute […]
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