Rowland Croucher
How I’ve Changed My Mind
HOW I’VE CHANGED MY MIND Here’s an expanded version of a talk I gave to our small group. It’s a meandering chat, I haven’t put much order into it, and it’s a summary of just one of six pages of notes. People – including Yours Truly – do not change their minds simply because a […]
Worship: Acts of Love
Worship: Acts of Love “Don’t tell me, show me,” pleads a song in My Fair Lady. To say “I love you” is to say something wonderful, but sometimes we want more than words. We communicate not only by speech but also by action. “Actions speak louder than words,” we sometimes say. God knows this. In […]
Killing for Buddha?
Sightings 3/5/07 Killing for Buddha? — Martin E. Marty So much happens in the religious world these days that Sightings must be selective in what it accents. For example, this week I’ll pass up comment on the hokey “Tomb of the Cozy Jesus Family” on TV and the multi-page treatments of The Secret, a huge […]
Are you kathlick?
Three little Boys were concerned because they couldn’t get anyone to play with them. They decided it was because they had not been Baptized and didn’t go to Sunday School. So they went to the nearest Church. But, only the Janitor was there. One little Boy said, “We need to be baptized because no one […]
Computer Tip – Word Formatting Problems
Computer TIP MS-Word – Formatting Problems The problems that plague beginning Word users the most are rooted in how Word stores formatting instructions and is set to work by default. The first thing you should do when you encounter a formatting problem is click the Show/Hide button to reveal the hidden characters. Paragraph marks (also […]
Darwin’s God
Heavenbound A scientific exploration of how we have come to believe in God. By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG Published: March 4, 2007 God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on the wall of his bedroom in Baltimore. “God exists,” he wrote in black […]
Pray for the World (Barnabas Fund)
March 2007 Issue 125 PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. It can be sent via email, is available as printable […]
God’s Existence and Game Theory
A poster on a Usenet group: I have a math question for you. What are the chances of a magical creator being having always existed yet which is completely undetectable? Ken: It’s surprising what mathematicians write books about… The terms “magical”, “creator”, and “undetectable” don’t really come within the province of probability theory. However they […]
Memory
Two elderly couples were enjoying friendly conversation when one of the men asked the other, “Fred, how was the memory clinic you went to last month?” “Outstanding,” Fred replied. “They taught us all the latest psychological techiniques – visualization, association – it made a huge difference for me.” “That’s great! What was the name of […]
Don’t whiz on the electric fence
From Mark – “Don’t whiz on the electric fence” – Ren & Stimpy ########################################################## When nature’s callin’ Don’t be stallin’ Use your common sense Before you let it flow Find a place to go Just don’t whiz on the electric fence If you’re gonna explode You can use the commode Of igloos, cave dwellings or […]
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