Rowland Croucher
India
Sightings 6/25/07 Looking Over India — Martin E. Marty Sightings can too easily overlook India’s public religion scene, so far away does it seem. But Sightings also has to look over India rigorously, so near are its issues to those we perceive at home. India further provides a comparative model that deprives Islam of its […]
Football
#1 >> Good morning. How many of you have lost some sleep watching the World Cup Soccer? I had a novel idea about all that this week. It’s a shame 22 grown men have to chase just one ball: why don’t we provide each team with their own ball? Both can be kicked around between […]
Does God answer prayer?
Does God answer prayer? ASU research says ‘yes’ TEMPE, Ariz. — Does God or some other type of transcendent entity answer prayer? The answer, according to a new Arizona State University study published in the March journal Research on Social Work Practice, is “yes.” David R. Hodge, an assistant professor of social work in the […]
J A T Robinson and Bishop Spong (and evangelicals)
“JOHN A.T. ROBINSON REMEMBERED One of the great mentors of my life was an English bishop and New Testament scholar named John Albert Thomas Robinson. He burst into public awareness in the United Kingdom in the late fifties when he testified before a commission seeking to ban the novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover. For a bishop […]
It
Two weeks ago, I mentioned a book that the Cabinet and I read together last year, Marcus Burkingham and Curt Coffman, First, Break All the Rules, (Simon and Schuster, 1999, the Gallup Organization). The Cabinet is charged with the deployment and development of our pastoral leaders. First, Break All the Rules makes the rather surprising […]
One-liners
Morris was in his usual place in the morning sitting at the table, reading the paper after breakfast. He came across an article about a beautiful actress who was about to marry a football player who was known primarily for his lack of IQ and common knowledge. He turned to his wife Sherry, with a […]
Pray for the World
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * CHRISTIANS WARNED BY HAMAS TO ACCEPT ISLAMIC LAW AS ARAB WORLD WATCHES ON IN SILENCE * BRITISH POLL SHOWS PEOPLE BELIEVE RELIGION DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD * SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER FACES REVOLT OVER GAY MARRIAGE * NEW PRAYER INITIATIVE TO END THE VIOLENCE IN IRAQ * WORSHIP IN GAZA […]
Keep It To Yourself … But Follow
[Note from Rowland. Harry is very liberal, theologically, and on some issues we part company (put his name into our website’s search facilities). But I like the drift of this one!] June 24, 2007 By Harry T. Cook Luke 9: 18-24 Within the space of seven short sentences, as Luke tells the story, Jesus extracted […]
Punctuation
I would like the pedants to have one go only… http://eatsshootsandleaves.com/ESLquiz.html
Pay me when I die
An elderly man took his little grandson for a walk around the local cemetery. Pausing before one gravestone, he said, “There lies a very honest man. He died owing me 50 dollars, but he struggled to the end to pay off his debts and if anyone has gone to Heaven, he has.” They walked on […]
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