Rowland Croucher
Words that do not contain the letter A
TODAYS RIDDLE : In 90 seconds name 100 words that do NOT contain the letter A. Start the clock!” /\ x x x x x Scroll down for the answer x x x x x Here it comes x x x x x \/ One, Two, Three, Four, Five…… One Hundred! I just counted from […]
Nuns and monks as comic book heroes
Church tries a strip tease to make holy orders look cool Jonathan Wynne-Jones, London April 30, 2007 Nuns and monks as comic book heroes. THE Roman Catholic Church is launching a comic strip this week to attract teenagers into the priesthood. It is using the art form in an advertising campaign to combat the dramatic […]
Cluster Bombs
Soundings No. 58 – 5 June 2007 Cluster bombs and Australia’s national interest By Rod Benson At the same time as the Australian government is engaged in international talks aimed at securing a global treaty banning cluster bombs, the Defence Department has claimed that limitations on the Australian Defence Force’s capacity to acquire the weapons […]
Clean energy
From a netfriend: The Good Lord has blessed Australia with an abundance of sunlight and the good Lord has also seen fit to provide Australian researchers with the ability to create excellent and innovative technology relating to solar and other alternative power generation. The technology is also available to provide adequate power generation from the […]
The Mission
IT’S ABOUT THE MISSION Our mission: “Every Church challenged and equipped to grow more disciples of Jesus Christ by taking risks and changing lives.” Tom Bandy, in his new book, stresses that we must keep the mission of the church ever before us, that the mission gives significance to our work as church leaders, and […]
Computer problem
I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Harold, the computer guy, to come over. Harold clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. He gave me a bill for a minimum service call. As he was walking away, I called after him, “So, what was wrong?” He replied, “It was an […]
Significant Religious Findings from 2006 (U.S. based research)
THE TWELVE MOST SIGNIFICANT RELIGIOUS FINDINGS FROM 2006 Each year Barna Research seeks to identify some of the most unexpected and significant findings. Barna selected the following dozen outcomes as the most significant findings of 2006. 1. Only 15% of those who regularly attend a Christian church ranked their relationship with God as the top […]
International News
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * THE TWELVE MOST SIGNIFICANT RELIGIOUS FINDINGS FROM 2006 * SHOCKING SECRETS OF SHARIA COURTS * AIDS INFECTED HONOSEXUAL RAPE GANG SHOCK THE NETHERLANDS * INDIA: OVER 4000 PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION * FRESH HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOUND IN BURMA * PRESIDENT’S WIFE TELLS UGANDAN YOUTH THAT ABSTINENCE ALONE WILL […]
Mainline Churches
Sightings 6/4/07 Mainline Mission — Martin E. Marty When asked, as I often am, “Whatever happened to the mainline Protestant churches?” I respond by saying that “mainline decline” is a tired ol’ story — but “mainliners’ mission” is urgent. How are they recovering? They went local to turn global. Philosopher Stephen Toulmin has written on […]
How the West Really Lost God
By Mary Eberstadt A new look at secularization. For well over a century now, the idea that something about modernity will ultimately cause religion to wither away has been practically axiomatic among modern, sophisticated Westerners.1 Known in philosophy as Friedrich Nietzsche’s famous story of the madman who runs into the marketplace declaring that “Gott ist […]
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