Rowland Croucher
Offerings in Vegas
This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas, but there are more catholic churches than casinos. Not surprisingly, some worshipers at Sunday services will give casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed. Since they get chips from many different casinos, the churches have devised a […]
Hearing Problem
A man attended an evangelist revival. When the preacher asked if anyone had problems that needed attention, the man raised his hand. “Yes, brother! What ails you?” asks the preacher. “My hearing,” replied the man. The preacher stuck his finger into the man’s ear and prayed. “How is your hearing now?” he asked. “No idea,” […]
Baptism by Torture
*Sightings* 11/29/07 — William Schweiker Religious practices have often been tied to violence and torture, but this connection is often hidden within public discourse. That is the situation now in the United States with the debate about waterboarding, the religious meanings of which have yet to be articulated and explored. The candidates in the current […]
Muslims’ Open Letter to Christian Leaders
29th November 2007 RESPONSE TO OPEN LETTER AND CALL FROM MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO CHRISTIAN LEADERS, 13 OCTOBER 2007 Introduction To mark the end of Ramadan this year “An Open Letter and Call from Muslim Religious Leaders” was published, dated 13^th October 2007. The letter was addressed to Pope Benedict XVI and 26 other named […]
Work-related deaths in Australia
With the death of Bernie Banton from an asbestos related disease this week, you might give some thought to including in the intercessory prayers at your church, on Sunday, all of those workers who have died or continue to suffer from work related diseases. Some of the statistics behind the suffering include: * 700,000 Aust […]
Australian Election
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * A NEW SEASON OF INCREDIBLE CHANGE ARRIVES ———————————————– A NEW SEASON OF INCREDIBLE CHANGE ARRIVES Did God get a surprise by the result of last weekends election result? Of course not! Did the people overrule God’s perfect will in the way they voted? No they didn’t. Whilst the results of […]
Performance Reviews
THESE ARE ACTUAL QUOTES TAKEN FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS 1) “Since my last report, this employee has reached rock-bottom and has started to dig.” 2) “I would not allow this employee to breed.” 3) “This employee is really not so much of a has-been, but more of a definite won’t be.” 4) “Works […]
Kids’ Bible History
In case you’re a little foggy on your biblical history, let our junior church students help you with this complete overview of the Bible, compiled from their essays: In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, ‘The Lord thy God is one,’ but […]
Wearing them down with love
“Throw us into jail and we shall still love you. Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and we shall still love you. Send your hooded perpetrators of violence at midnight hour to beat us till we are half-dead, and we shall still love you. Be assured that we shall wear you down by our […]
The Small suburban church
One pastor wrote: A church consultant said “Small suburban churches are sucking people dry without producing the future of the religion.” I felt that he described a situation in our church that I am always desperately trying to avoid yet am never quite able to. There are so few people doing so much in the […]
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