Rowland Croucher
Only British… (but it’s not only British :-)
Only British.. Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer and then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV. Oh and only in Britain can a pizza […]
Crocodile
The Crocodile The crocodile is a specially built so long because the flatter the better swimmer. At the front of the crocodile is the head. The head exists almost only of teeth. Behind the crocodile the tail grows. Between the head and the tail is the crocodile. A crocodile without a tail is called a […]
The Heiner Affair – A Matter Of Concern
The Hon Peter Beattie MLA Queensland Premier Executive Building 80 George Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 Dear Premier We, the undersigned legal practitioners formerly on the Bench, currently at the Bar or in legal practice, seek to re-affirm our sworn duty to uphold the rule of law throughout the Commonwealth of Australia and to indicate our […]
One Leg
One-legged chickens were so inept at running away they were all caught and eaten. The species is extinct. Which reminds me of a short story, by Australia’s Walter Murdoch, called “One-Leg Island”. A tourist called at an island and found that every inhabitant was missing the left leg below the knee. He asked why this […]
Californication?
Just how low can you go with Californication? Andrew Bolt August 29, 2007 12:00am NOW that we’ve all lost our stupid inhibitions, let me call the men who run Channel 10 precisely what I think they are. Executive chairman Peter Falloon? A pornographer. Chief executive Grant Blackley? A pornographer. Not that there’s anything wrong any […]
Confronting Power and Sex in the Catholic Church
August 29, 2007 Sydney’s retired auxiliary bishop Geoffrey Robinson – a man much esteemed by Australian Catholics for the integrity with which he took on the terrible task of working out a national response to the clerical sexual abuse crisis – has a new book making national and international headlines – and provoking a vitriolic […]
Jung and Eckhart
Spiritual Classics: Jung and Eckhart 5th August 2007 Carl Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections, published in 1961, unleashed a fascination with dreams and myth in the development of religious consciousness. David Tacey relates its importance in his life, and also of the 13th century German mystic, Meister Eckhart. Transcript This transcript was typed from a recording […]
Dead Sea Scrolls at Sixty
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2007/1923624.htm It’s been sixty years since the 2000-year old Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered at Qumran near the Dead Sea, giving insights into Judaism and early Christianity. 20 May 2007 Transcript This transcript was typed from a recording of the program. The ABC cannot guarantee its complete accuracy because of the possibility of mishearing and […]
China Missionaries Expelled
08 08 2007 They’re counting down in Beijing to an even friendlier Olympic games, and they’ve already started breaking records for the largest number of Christian missionaries expelled from China since 1954. Transcript This transcript was typed from a recording of the program. The ABC cannot guarantee its complete accuracy because of the possibility of […]
Leadership for Change
REAL CHANGE PASTORAL LEADERS This year’s Annual Conference had as its them “New!” It is a great challenge truly to “make all things new” as Scripture enjoins us to do. Brad Spencer from Canterbury gave me a wonderful book on leadership, Real Change Leaders, by Jon R Katzenbach. I have found it a most stimulating […]
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