Rowland Croucher
Wedding Anniversary
At Saint Mary’s Catholic Church they have a weekly husband’s marriage seminar. At the session last week, the Priest asked Luigi, who was approaching his 50th wedding anniversary, to take a few minutes and share some insight into how he had managed to stay married to the same woman all these years. Luigi replied to […]
Catholics and Jews
The Catholic Church officially no longer tries to convert Jews to Christianity, according to Cardinal Edward Cassidy, the Australian who became the third-highest prelate in the Vatican. Addressing a mostly Jewish audience of several hundred at the Holocaust Centre in Elsternwick on Tuesday night, Cardinal Cassidy said the Vatican II council of the 1960s ended […]
The Controversy over terrorism terminology
31st July 2007 A shift has been taking place in UK government ministries as to the terminology used to describe the terrorist threat faced by Britain. The Foreign Office has advised ministers to abandon the use of terms such as “war against terror”, “Islamic terrorism” and “Islamist terrorism”. The idea is that these terms antagonise […]
Terrorist Threats
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” Londoners have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz began in 1940 and tea supplies all […]
The Rich Fool
August 5, 2007 – Tenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 13) – Year C [RCL] by the Rev. Dr. J. Barry Vaughn Hosea 11:1-11 or Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23; Psalm 107:1-9, 43 or 49:1-12; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21 Jesus had just said, “When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not […]
Mary and Martha
“Mary and Martha” Presbyterian Church (USA) Speaker The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long July 22, 2007 Proper 11 Luke 10: 38-42 The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long is the Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and the author or editor of 14 books on preaching and worship. He […]
Meeting the Good Samaritan
“Meeting the Good Samaritan” Presbyterian Church (USA) Speaker The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long July 15, 2007 Proper 10 Luke 10:24-37 The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long is the Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and the author or editor of 14 books on preaching and worship. He […]
Miss Saigon
Jan and I recently (July 2007) saw this musical: quite an amazing experience… Just about everyone turns out to be heroic. Here’s the Wikipedia version of the story: ~~~~ Miss Saigon takes place during the years 1975 and 1978. It tells the story of a romance between Chris, an American Marine serving as an Embassy […]
Hacking Toward Happiness
Thursday, Jun. 21, 2007 By JEREMY CAPLAN Beneath the bits and bytes that shape the character of Silicon Valley, there’s a booming digital subculture committed to the art of self-improvement, geek style. It’s known as life hacking, and it’s all about sweating out the best ways to crank through e-mail, sabotage spam, boost productivity and […]
Iraq: Calling for peace is the easy option
(Interesting to read this two-year-old comment on Iraq. Rowland, July 2007). Calling for peace is the easy option October 5, 2005 The anti-war left has not explained how tyrants should be stopped, writes Pamela Bone. ‘Amove back towards the left for you?” a regular correspondent emailed, in response to a recent column. “I never left […]
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