Rowland Croucher
Father Greg Reynolds – defrocked and excommunicated…
(Note: I had an enjoyable hour’s conversation with this good man. Can someone please explain how an ordained priest who champions women’s equality in the church can be both excommunicated and defrocked, whereas those who’ve raped children maybe defrocked, but not excommunicated!!!??? Rowland). ~~ The outsider Date November 9, 2013 Excommunicated ¢â‚¬ ¦ defrocked former priest […]
Why I hate being a black man
We espouse ‘black is beautiful’, but the true image of blackness is ugly. If we confront our self-hatred, maybe we’ll have real pride Orville Lloyd Douglas theguardian.com, Sunday 10 November 2013 Two young passengers on a bus wait for it to stop before getting off. Photograph: Antonio Olmos Every time I sit on a crowded street […]
‘I lost both of my hands, an eye and had damaged ear drums and…and. In the midst of great pain, I felt that God was with me.’
A challenge to us all, from someone who’s paid a high price to be an advocate for peace and justice for all… ~~ WCC 10th Assembly 8th October 2013 Sermon Father Michael Lapsley, SSM Director of the Institute for Healing of Memories Cape Town, South Africa Peace be with you. I greet you all as […]
Being Gay or Lesbian is still a Crime in 70 Countries!
Gay African refugees eligible for EU asylum: court Date November 8, 2013 Bruno Waterfield British Prime Minister David Cameron, while leader of the opposition, backed asylum for gay African refugees. Photo: AFP Homosexual refugees from Africa who fear imprisonment in their home country are entitled to asylum in the European Union, Europe’s highest court has ruled. […]
Parliamentarians Behaving Like Children
Can the new Parliament be better than the old, please? Date November 9, 2013 Paul Komesaroff A powerful influence: Joe Hockey in full cry during the last Parliament. Photo: Andrew Meares The public sphere in Australia is in need of healing. According to a recent report in The Sunday Age (20/10), trust in government has declined by nearly […]
Saudi Arabia: the World’s Most Irresponsible Country
Zakaria: The Saudis Are Mad? Tough! Why we shouldn’t care that the world’s most irresponsible country is displeased at the U.S. By Fareed Zakaria Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 Fayez Nureldineafp / AFP / Getty ImagesSaudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in Riyadh, May 2012. America’s middle east policies are failing, we are told, and the […]
QUESTIONS & RESPONSES: My new (2014) book/blog
QUESTIONS & RESPONSES: the toughest questions I’ve ever been asked, and some responses Update (10 August 2014): Mosaic Press, with whom I had a contract to submit the total manuscript by October 2014, has gone into liquidation. Sad, that: however the pressure to write (which had often got me up in the ‘small hours’) is […]
Is a Neurotic Form of Christianity Destroying America?
July 12, 2013 Posted by: Robert De Filippis ¢â‚¬Å“The deconstruction of Christianity is not an attack on the church but a critique of the idols to which it is vulnerable ¢â‚¬“ the literalism and authoritarianism, the sexism and racism, the militarism, and the love of unrestrained capitalism with which the church in its various forms has […]
Apartheid in Australia (John Pilger)
In the lucky country of Australia apartheid is alive and kicking The richest land on Earth writes Aboriginal people out of history and pushes them to the margins. Like South Africa 30 years ago John Pilger The Guardian, Wednesday 6 November 2013 06.40 AEST Aboriginal elders playing cards in their camp near Alice Springs. ‘A typical, […]
Violence against Women
Victims suffer all over again in a world where sexual violence sells Date November 3, 2013 Melinda Tankard Reist Mainstream culture has a lot to answer for. A female teacher at a Tasmanian school where I spoke on the objectification of women could not stay to hear the end of my talk. The images I […]
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