Rowland Croucher
Universal Laws
Universal Laws… Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch or you’ll have to pee. Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Law of Probability: The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your […]
Dwarf
I rear-ended a car a few days ago……. I tell you, It was a REALLY bad day! The driver got out of the other car, and he was a friggin’ DWARF!! He looked up at me and said “I am NOT happy!” So I said, “Well, which one are you then?”
Egypt to rule on apostasy
Subj: Egypt to rule on apostasy – 1 July 2007 EGYPT TO RULE ON APOSTASY – 1 JULY 2007 A hugely important appeal is presently being considered by Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court. The judgment is due to be handed down on Sunday 1 July. This apostasy case has had virtually no coverage in English language […]
Daffyinitions
Shell Shock: What Humpty Dumpty died of. Illegal: A sick bird. Hippies: They hold your leggies on. Minimum: A very small mother. Bacteria: A rear entrance to a cafeteria. IG: An Eskimo house without a loo. Meatball: A dance at the meatworks. Copper Nitrate: Overtime for policemen. Coincide: What people do when it rains. Buttress: […]
Evangelical Faith & (Postmodern) Others
Evangelical Faith & (Postmodern) Others — Kenzo Mabiala. Postmodernism is susceptible to many constructions. As an epistemic alternative it embodies belief in the vernacular, “with pluralism, borders and multiple perspectives being highlighted as a means of disrupting the centralizing impulse of any system.”[4] Hence the resulting postmodern condition defines itself in terms of “hybridity,” “incoherence,” […]
Aboriginal Sexual Abuse
It is not easy to discuss the situation of the Northern Territory and the plight of Aboriginal children who are being sexually abused. If you want to criticize what is happening you look like you don’t care about the Aboriginal children. And that makes some people go silent in the face of what Mr Howard […]
Aboriginal Sexual Abuse (more)
Letter to Kevin Rudd from PAT O’SHANE Dear Mr Rudd It is with extreme alarm that I heard you express support for Prime Minister Howard’s proposals to take over Indigenous communities in NT, in his averred concern over Indigenous child sexual abuse. First, the issue has been around for decades; and people such as I […]
Creation explained
On the first day, God created the dog and said: “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.” The dog said: “That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten […]
Honest to Jesus: Giving the Historical Jesus a Say in Our Future
[Note from Rowland. I’ve shared a conference or two with Greg. He’s on the liberal end of the theological spectrum, and/but always worth reading. This article sent by my liberal mate Mark]. by Gregory C. Jenks In 2000, Gregory C. Jenks was Associate Director of the Westar Institute, parent body of the Jesus Seminar. The […]
Australian Religion
Gary Bouma, Australian Soul: Religion and Spirituality in the Twenty-first Century (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Professor Gary Bouma, an ordained Anglican priest, is head of the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University. He’s one of Australia’s leading sociologists of religion, and excellently equipped to survey the Australian religious scene. Australians are more […]
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