Rowland Croucher
Foreign aid a key moral issue for Australia
Baptist Union of Australia MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release 4 November 2007 Foreign aid is a significant moral issue and this should be reflected in real increases in Australia’s foreign aid budget, the President of the Baptist Union of Australia, Rev Dr Ross Clifford, said today. Baptists are often portrayed as focused only about issues […]
Payment
Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago- and I still hadn’t paid for them. Hellloooo, just because I’m blonde doesn’t […]
Women
“Women don’t want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think — in a deeper voice.” – (Bill Cosby)
Heroic Conservatism
************************************************* SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/gpLWub11yYzK/ ************************************************* ================================================= QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================================= Chiquita’s money helped buy weapons and ammunition used to kill innocent victims of terrorism. Simply put, defendant Chiquita funded terrorism. – the U.S. Justice Department, in court filings last month against Chiquita, which was found guilty of […]
Conversation
Nov. 04, 2007 A Very Long Conversation By Harry T. Cook A Sermon for All Saints’ Day The art of good conversation has been trivialized by the wonders of mass communication. From the time radios became commonplace in every living room, and then, later, television sets, normal human discourse has suffered. The best evenings my […]
Lie-Clock
A man died and went to heaven. As he stood in front of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, he saw a huge wall of clocks behind him. He asked, “What are all those clocks?” St. Peter answered, “Those are Lie-Clocks. Everyone on Earth has a Lie-Clock. Every time you lie the hands on your […]
The Willow Creek Seeker Sensitive model – a failure?
A friend sent me this link this morning. Some interesting comments which provide food for thought… http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BobBurney/2007/10/30/a_shocking_%E2%80%9Cconfession%E2%80%9D_from_willow_creek_community_church?page=full&comments=true Shocking “Confession” from Willow Creek Community Church By Bob Burney Tuesday, October 30, 2007 If you are older than 40 the name Benjamin Spock is more than familiar. It was Spock that told an entire generation of parents […]
Stations
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station.
Saving Iraqi Christians
31st October 2007 The 2,000-year-old Church in Iraq faces extinction at the hands of Islamic extremists. Many of the militants have made clear that they seek to cleanse their country of Christians and Christianity. They tell the Christians, “Convert to Islam, leave or die.” The militants are well on the way to succeeding in their […]
Tools
Anyone with a shed will relate to these…. 1. DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, splattering it against that freshly painted part you were drying. 2. WIRE WHEEL: […]
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