Rowland Croucher
Poly-puns
“People who live in grass houses should never stow thrones…” – is what we might dub: a “poly-pun”. Reminds me of note pinned to Schoolmasters’ “Common Room” door – “Bread may be the staff of life, but the life of the staff is one long loaf.”
Welcoming Committee
From the Welcoming Committee at an Unnamed Seeker-Friendly Church… Welcome, potential member! We were very glad to see your face in our congregation this past Sunday morning, and we hope you will return next Sunday to worship with us again. We would like to take this opportunity to provide some useful tips and instructions to […]
Encouragement
Recognition is rare, and thank-you’s are few and far between. http://www.whileyoucanmovie.com?SRC=DREC&ref=64 It’s a mini-movie, that you can also send to others who deserve a thanks or even a break in their day.
Gender matters
Dear friends You may have seen the recent story out of the UK about children as young as eight who were sexually abused for years while in the care of two homosexuals. But a much-needed response was slow in coming because social workers were worried about being seen as homophobic and judgmental. It is political […]
Do Muslims Want to Take Over the World?
From a knowledgeable friend: According to a Times report, Deobandis control over 600 of Britain’s 1300+ mosques: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2402973.ece The link for the article below, on the Deobandi leader and author Usmani, is: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2409833.ece Usmani is one of the leading Islamic scholars living today. He has published over 60 books, including more than a dozen available […]
International News
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * THE STATUS OF GLOBAL MISSION IN 2007 * HOLY SPIRIT STIRS UP HUNGER FOR GOD IN RUSSIAN YOUTH * BOLD ADVANCE OF THE CHURCH IN INDONESIA ———————————————– THE STATUS OF GLOBAL MISSION IN 2007 Every year Prof. David Barrett, editor of the World Christian Encyclopaedia, and Todd Johnson of Gordon-Conwell […]
Puns
And then of course there was the convention in Spain where 30 representatives of the Basque community were staying in a posh hotel. Unfortunately there was a fire alarm while they were there, and they all tried to leave at the same time and got stuck in the revolving door, leading to their demise from […]
Getting Married
______________________________________________ Rebecca Jacob Jacob, age 92, and Rebecca, age 89, living in Florida, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in. Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: “Are you the owner?” […]
Try this!
How smart is Your Right Foot ? ? Just try this. It is from an orthopedic surgeon………… This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can’t. It’s preprogrammed in your brain! 1. WITHOUT anyone watching you (they will think […]
Christian Beliefs
Early next year we will be having a Conference wide celebration on the Joy of Wesleyan Believing. Our Lay Ministry Team will be asking every church and pastor to join in a study of United Methodist Beliefs. The text for the study will be a little book that I recently published, United Methodist Beliefs (John […]
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