Rowland Croucher
F18News Summary: China; Uzbekistan
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 12 April 2007 CHINA: CHINA’S CATHOLICS, THE HOLY SEE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=942 The relationship between China’s government and the Holy See […]
A GOOD DINNER SPOILED
A man and woman were having dinner in a fine restaurant. Their waitress, taking another order at a table a few steps away, suddenly noticed that the man was slowly sliding down his chair and under the table, but the woman acted unconcerned. The waitress watched as the man slid all the way down his […]
Short Sayings
I dialled a number and got the following recording: “I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes.” ~~~~~ At pilots training, […]
Moral of the Story
IN 1923 WHO WAS: 1. President of the largest steel company? 2. President of the largest gas company? 3. President of the NY Stock Exchange? 4. Greatest wheat speculator? 5. President of the Bank of International Settlement? 6. Great Bear of Wall Street? THESE MEN were considered some of the world’s most successful of their […]
Why the church must ease the pain of Rowan’s Passion
The archbishop has the ideal qualities to counter his critics over his support for homosexuality – inner strength and humility *Richard Harries Sunday April 8, 2007 The Observer * I once said to Rowan Williams: ‘God has given you all the gifts and, as your punishment, he has made you Archbishop of Canterbury.’ I might […]
Forgive me, somebody: Has internet become 21st-century ,confessional?
Forgive me, somebody: Has internet become 21st-century confessional? Written by David Briggs, Religion News Service Tuesday, 10 April 2007 Food was becoming an obsession bordering on worship, and the addict wanted to confess. But not to a priest or a minister. The distraught person went to the computer. “I have lost friends, jobs and opportunities […]
Bishops and encouragement
I’ve had the privilege of speaking at about 15 Anglican diocesan clergy conferences in the last couple of decades. At one of them a question came up in many conversations in terms of the encouragement/mentoring role of their bishops. Frankly, in that diocese the bishops were putters-out-of-fires, sackers of clergy who couldn’t meet a minimum […]
We Need to Be Liberated Again
SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/fdLWub11GRQi/ ************************************************* ================================================= QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================================= “Most of us know this town would have a heck of a time trying to run itself these days without the immigrants. They’re working at the grocery stores, the fast-food places, they’re opening businesses and keeping this town […]
At What Price Chastity?
Sightings 4/12/07 — Jonathan Krull Watchers of the intersection of religion with policy and science are likely aware of the vaccine that protects against Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Since HPV is a chief cause of cervical cancer, this vaccine appears to be the first to prevent cancer. About 50 percent of sexually active adults will contract […]
Jesus walks into a bar
April 7, 2007 ‘JESUS asked his mates to stay with him, but they got pissed and fell asleep, the bloody bastards.” As an account of the disciples’ failure in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before Jesus was cruci fied, it may lack the poetry and majesty of the King James Bible. But the 22 […]
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