Rowland Croucher
The Strange Death of Multiculturalism
Ian Buruma An ideology which holds that people from different cultures must live in separate communities within a country, should not take an interest in each other and must not criticise each other is both wrong and unworkable. Of course, multiculturalism’s more thoughtful advocates never imagined that a cultural community could or should substitute for […]
Another Christian Leader in Uzbekistan Arrested
Visit the Barnabas Fund main website 26th April 2007 *Uzbek authorities are continuing their harassment of Christian leaders.* Pastor Salavat Serikbaev was arrested in Muynak, a city in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, in the middle of last week. He stands accused of three charges “incitement to religious hatred”, “running an illegal religious organisation” and “distributing materials promoting […]
What There Is to Say?
Sightings 4/26/07 What There Is to Say — Jerome Eric Copulsky Classes at Virginia Tech resume this week, and the cacophonous presence of the media that had settled upon the campus has begun to dissipate. Students clad in orange and maroon mull about the Drillfield; some toss Frisbees, kick soccer balls, fly kites. Others gather […]
A Messiah’s real religious zeal: the ultimate escape
IT WAS not so much a terrorist plot, but a plan for the ultimate great escape. Mysteriously, money began to find its way into the bank accounts of inmates who took up the call to convert to Islam inside the Super Max complex at Goulburn prison, home to the “worst of the worst” in the […]
Get ready
Bet you all wanted to know this…. LOL At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 5 th of June this year, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07. — Shalom! Rowland Croucher http://jmm.org.au/ (20,000 articles 4000 humor)
An Ecumenical Christian approach to migration
“Welcoming the stranger is not optional for Christians. Nor is it conditional,” Kobia states. “Christ didn’t call for Christians to welcome those strangers whose papers are in order or who speak our language.” KOBIA, IN WALES, CALLS MIGRATION THE “HUMAN SIDE” OF GLOBALIZATION Global migration poses new challenges for churches worldwide, the WCC general secretary […]
Church and State (Tom Frame)
Review: CHURCH AND STATE, Australia’s Imaginary Wall, by Tom Frame (UNSW Press 2006) Tom Frame, historian and writer, left a military career in the navy to train for the Anglican priesthood and was, until recently, the (high profile) Bishop of the Australian armed forces. In this little book (96 pages) he probes the complex relationship […]
Evel Revival
Evel Overcome With Good Daredevil Knievel’s testimony triggers mass baptisms at Crystal Cathedral. Brad A. Greenberg April 13, 2007 On Palm Sunday, hundreds responded to Robert “Evel” Knievel’s testimony by asking to be baptized on the spot at Crystal Cathedral. Speaking alongside the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, Knievel told the congregation in Orange County, California, […]
Crackpot Friends
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole, which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water, at the end of the long walk from the stream […]
Kierkegaard On Pastors
KIERKEGAARD ON PASTORS WHO ARE SERVANTS OF THE TRUTH Kierkegaard, the ?Solitary Dane,? had some tough things to say about pastors of his day. He firmly believed that pastors are not called to run errands for members of the congregation or to be the freelance therapist for everyone in need. Pastors are, in Kierkegaard?s words, […]
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