Rowland Croucher
Confession
Confessions A priest was being honoured at his retirement dinner after 25 years in the parish. A leading local politician and member of the congregation was chosen to make the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner. He was delayed, so the priest decided to say his own few words while they waited. […]
A Woman’s Work is Never Done
Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, “I’m tired, and it’s getting late. I think I’ll go to bed.” She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day’s lunches. Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, […]
A Few Stupidities
One day, a man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in a very sheer nightie. ‘Tie me up,’ she purred, ‘and you can do anything you want.’ So he tied her up and went golfing. ***************************************** A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house. She […]
Solar Energy
Solar takes off with US power supply deal By Matt Peacock The coal and nuclear industries have long asserted that baseload power cannot be supplied by renewable energy. That mantra is oft repeated by Australian politicians like federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull. “You cannot run a modern economy on wind farms and solar powers. It’s […]
Why the Christian Right is Wrong
Subtitled: ‘A Minister’s Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future’, by Robin Meyers, Wiley, 2006. The cover blurb sums it up well: ‘I join the ranks of those who are angry, because I have watched as the faith I love has been taken over by fundamentalists who claim to speak for Jesus […]
Watchmaker animation
Whether you’re a creationist or evolutionist – or, like me, you let God choose the way things are made, and are agnostic about the methods (I wasn’t there)…. Anyway, this is good, worth watching. Aimed at kids: ***** This is an exceptionally well done, brief animation. http://www.kids4truth.com/watchmaker/watch.html
One for you, one for me…
On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence. One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts. “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me,” […]
Seniors’ Ministry
A SENIOR’S MINISTRY !! It’s that time of the year again. Senior’s Week, where the aged challenged,pensioners and the silver surfers, gather together for free food,dancing and travel, has just concluded. It’s now the turn of politicians with pensioners being bowled over with truck loads of dollars. It set me thinking, about the church and […]
Priests Jailed for Protesting Fort Huachuca Torture Training
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102407S.shtml *By Bill Quigley * Bill Quigley is a human rights lawyer and law professor at Loyola University New Orleans. He served as counsel for Frs. Vitale and Kelly. For more about their trial, see http://tortureontrial.org. T r u t h o u t | Report — Wednesday 24 October 2007 Louis Vitale, 75, a […]
Four Candles
Many people viewed this beautiful site, then it got lost. But now here it is again, with a different URL: http://www.ourchurch.com/view/?pageID=246098
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