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Should a Sick Child Be Allowed to Choose Death?
Belgians Think So By Elisabeth Braw / December 05 2013 Belgian lawmakers are set to let children decide whether they should die for their own good. Sebastian Rose/Getty Images Jutte van den Werff Ten Bosch has already had the talk with her 10-year-old son. Several times, in fact. No, not the sex talk. The euthanasia talk. ¢â‚¬Å“Even if he said, ¢â‚¬ËœI want […]
Prince Charles: Christians in Middle East need our prayers
December 20, 2013 We all lose something precious if a tradition dating back 2000 years is allowed to disappear. Illustration: John Spooner. I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the […]
Asylum-seekers: treated worse than animals…
Agony of children treated worse than animals December 19, 2013 Genuine refugees suffer on Nauru as the government works to break their spirits. There are no signs to guide you to Australia’s detention centre on Nauru. You instead have to follow the signs that lead to the island’s ”rubbish dump” and eventually they take you […]
PIECES OF ETERNITY (Michael Jensen)
PIECES OF ETERNITY Michael P. Jensen, Pieces of Eternity, Acorn Press, 2013. One of the advantages of semi-retirement is that when an interesting book sent by a publisher or author for review arrives in the mail I can sometimes put everything else aside and read it in one sitting (or reclining, in bed). That happened […]
Nelson Mandela’s Melbourne Farewell
(Thanks John Matheson). First, the singing of “The Internationale” in Melbourne’s St.Patricks** Catholic Cathedral. And now fresh from “The Group Hug” in Melbourne’s St.Paul’s Anglican Cathedral. Can life get any better? I’m just home from a ‘Service of Memorial & Thanksgiving for the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’ arranged by Melbourne’s African community, with the participation of […]
Pastors’ Wives: How to Encourage them
6 Ways To Serve Your Pastor’s Wife On Sunday March 19, 2013 In many churches, the most thankless job is that of the pastor’s wife. Though the pastor alone is paid, the pastor’s wife is often still saddled with a host of responsibilities and expectations. She is expected to be a model wife, nurturing mother, […]
The Pope and the Future of the Catholic Church: a very important article…
What Pope Francis means for the Church in the modern world Frank BrennanABC RELIGION AND ETHICS13 NOV 2013 POPE FRANCIS IS NOT WATERING DOWN THE TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH. RATHER, HE ADMITS HONESTLY THAT WE HOLD IN TENSION DEFINITIVE TEACHINGS AND PASTORAL YEARNINGS, HELD TOGETHER BY MERCY AND FORGIVENESS.CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM Note from Rowland: This is ‘in house […]
Fun with New Words
The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners: 1.. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. […]
Movie Review: The Engaging Intensity of Captain Phillips
This movie surprised me. I didn ¢â‚¬â„¢t think it would be as good as it was. When I saw what it was about I thought it might be interesting to go and see, but I wouldn ¢â‚¬â„¢t have gone out of my way to do so. Coming out of the movie, the reason I found myself […]
Q&R Foreword, Introduction, Contents, Chapter One: Good & Evil
QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES FOREWORD When someone makes an appointment to see me, a ¢â‚¬Ëœgeneralist ¢â‚¬â„¢ pastoral counselor, what do we talk about? Short answer: anything at all that ¢â‚¬â„¢s important for them. Within the first five minutes I invite my parishioner/client to ¢â‚¬Ëœgive me a headline or two ¢â‚¬â„¢. And, then, mostly, we jump into the deep end. […]
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