Rowland Croucher
World Hunger 2008
Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11 Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07 United States : The Revis family of North Carolina (Sure hope most American families eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and less junk food than […]
Iraq: Unjust War (Andrew Greeley)
*Sightings* 1/21/08 Unjust War — Martin E. Marty *A Stupid, Unjust, and Criminal War: Iraq 2001-2007* by priest, sociologist, novelist, and columnist Andrew Greeley is a collection of 121 columns dating back to 2001, in their original form. As the title suggests, the columns are not long on nuance. They have going for them guts, […]
A Face for Yulce
I was told to get into the vehicle—we were going to find a child who was a burn victim. Esther Scarborough, the IFC Medical Staff Director, drove down the side roads to the village of Paca (Pacha) just south of Tobelo in North Maluku. She drove with abandon and paid little attention to the road. […]
Platypus more ancient than thought
Tuesday Jan 22 06:45 AEDT Specimens from an ancient platypus have revealed the Australian mammal is tens of millions of years older than previously thought. A new analysis of jawbone specimens dug up at Flat Rocks, near Inverloch in Victoria, shows the platypus family dates back at least 112 million years, Fairfax reported. Previous studies […]
What yer selling?
Two southerners… business men… in London are sitting down for a break in their soon-to-be new store. As yet, the store isn’t ready — only a few shelves are set up. One says to the other, ‘I bet any minute now some thick tourist is going to walk by, put his face to the window […]
Martin Niemoller’s haunting words
In Germany, the Nazis first came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, but I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they […]
Thanks!
All My thanks to all those who have sent me emails this past year……. I must send my thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat poo in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet towel with every envelope that needs sealing. Also,I now have to scrub the top […]
Epiphany
The Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th, 2008 Some Christians are grateful for the feast of the Epiphany (‘the manifestation/epiphaneia of Christ to the gentiles’) on 6 January each year because it offers a second-bite at the greeting card cherry: any number of Christmas cards carry the familiar Three Kings as the artwork, and if […]
Muslim
7th January 2008 Barnabas Fund revised response to Muslim “Open Letter and Call” Since the publication of “An Open Letter and Call from Muslim Religious Leaders” on 13 October 2007 [link] , the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Yale University, has issued a response entitled “Loving God and Neighbor Together” [link] in which they […]
Top 5 Books on Social Justice
My Top 5 Books on Social Justice by Tony Campolo Christianity Today 1-03-2008 Rich Christians in An Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity Ron Sider Continues to make the evangelical community aware of what the Bible says about our responsibilities to the poor, and calls Christians to do something about it. * * […]
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