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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

The Price of Children

The Price of Children This is just too good not to pass on to all. Something absolutely positive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It’s nice. The government [in the U.S.] […]

If I Had 3,000 Crosses [2]

From a netfriend: If I Had 3,000 Crosses Re: If I Had 3,000 Crosses by Harry T. Cook. I thought you might like to know about a movement that began here in Napa, CA. It was inspired by memorials like Camp Casey, Arlington West and the Crosses of Lafayette. Here’s a fairly concise description from […]

Two more short poems

How about, “Adam ‘ad ’em.” ? or Madam, I’m Adam.

Another short poem

My 11th grade English lit book gave the shortest poem as: Fleas Adam Had ’em.

Fancy a day off?

Well I think you should all have had February 26th off. And March 22nd is a day off for me 😉 http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/flamingchickens/weird_holidays.html

Question

Q. Why does a chicken coop have two doors? A. If it had four doors, it’d be a chicken sedan.

Sometimes you don’t have to be a rocket scientist

Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets all travelling at maximum velocity. The idea was to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. American engineers heard about the gun and were eager to […]

Wife vs husband

WIFE VS. HUSBAND A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word. An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, goats, and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, “Relatives of yours?” “Yep,” the wife replied, […]

Spirituality and Children

Ruth White examines the spiritual lives of children and asks what we as a church are doing to help them grow and develop Parkstone URC in Poole recently hosted a conference entitled The Missing Peace; designed to explore the spirituality of children and particularly how to work with children who were ‘looked after’ (in the […]

Spinning the Prophet

Book review by Dr Patrick Sookhdeo Published 5th March 2007 – Evening Standard newspaper, London A book review by Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, International Director of Barnabas Fund, was published in the Evening Standard newspaper, London, 5 March 2007, comparing two recent publications about Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. “Spinning the prophet” The Messenger: The Meanings […]