Rowland Croucher
Retirement
It is important for men to remember that, as women grow older, it Becomes harder for them to maintain the same quality of housekeeping As when they were younger. When you notice this, try not to yell at Them. Some are oversensitive, and there’s nothing worse than an Oversensitive woman. My name is Jim. Let […]
Oxford atheist ridiculed by Anglican theologian
Oxford atheist ridiculed by Anglican theologian during debate Crusading pro-evolution scientist Richard Dawkins has had his anti-religious claims ridiculed during an Oxford debate with a theologian who once was an atheist like the evolutionist, who is devout in his public denunciations of religion. “Having been an atheist, I discovered religion was in fact an enormously […]
Religion vs Spirituality
March 29, 2007 Goodbye Religion, Hello Spirituality Is there a place for the Christian ‘religion’ in the 21st Century? /Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones, two prominent voices in the Emergent conversation, have edited a new book called/ An Emergent Manifesto of Hope /(Baker, 2007). The dictionary defines the word manifesto as, “a public declaration of […]
Four Questions
Below are four (4) questions and a bonus question. You have to answer them instantly. You can’t take your time, answer to all of them immediately. OK? Let’s find out just how clever you really are…. Ready? GO!!! (scroll down) First Question: You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position […]
The Liturgy of the Church
By Peter Sellick posted Thursday, 5 April 2007 Church attendance away from home can be a risky business, at least in the Protestant denominations although not always . Unlike Roman Catholics who can expect a competent Mass one does not know what to expect from a strange Anglican or Uniting Parish which may vary from […]
Elderly
Two elderly women were eating breakfast in a restaurant one morning. Ethel noticed something funny about Mabel’s ear and she said, ‘”Mabel, do you know you’ve got a suppository in your left ear?” Mabel answered, “I have a suppository in my ear?” She pulled it out and stared at it. Then she said, “Ethel, I’m […]
Faye Turney and the Hijab
The parading of British Leading Seaman Faye Turney on Iranian TV, her head covered with an Islamic /hijab/, has caused great consternation and perplexity to many in the UK. One of our indignant supporters wrote us the following: *”*/It is outrageous that the Iranians paraded a British service woman on TV dressed in enemy uniform […]
What has Easter to do with ethics?
Soundings No. 54 – 5 April 2007 by Rod Benson The premier annual Christian feast is upon us again. I picked up a bright, shiny Christian leaflet the other day, and the banner immediately caught my attention. “We are at a moral crossroad; it’s time to demonstrate the true meaning of Easter,” the flyer declared, […]
Teacher Story
As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was […]
Happiness
Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven’t thought about it, don’t have it on their schedule, didn’t know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine. I got to thinking one day about all those people on the Titanic who passed up dessert at […]
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