Rowland Croucher
10 Things You Can’t Do While Following Jesus
10 Things You Can’t Do While Following Jesus by Mark Sandlin Lots of people claim to be ¢â‚¬Å“following Jesus ¢â‚¬ and then they do stuff like this. Sure, people who follow Jesus do these things all the time, but you can’t say you are doing them because you are trying to follow Jesus’ example. (Clearly, this is not a […]
The coming challenge for America: how to bind a nation of mutts
The coming challenge for America: how to bind a nation of mutts Date June 30, 2013 David Brooks The US is witnessing the demise of the old ethnic-racial order. America’s traditional ethnic make-up is changing. Photo: Photos.com Over the past few decades, American society has been transformed in a fit of absence of mind. First, it’s […]
Pastors Can Be Friends with Church Members (and 4 Other Radical Ideas)
Pastors Can Be Friends with Church Members (and 4 Other Radical Ideas) Victor Hugo wrote, ¢â‚¬Å“One can resist the invasion of armies; one cannot resist the invasion of ideas. ¢â‚¬ If that were true in the 1870s, how much more accurate is it now! We are an influenced people. Television, radio, newspaper, the Internet […]
Dad: your child needs your focussed attention!
Hey dad, can you get off the phone Date June 29, 2013 Pay attention to your children instead of over-indulging in surrounding media. Sitting poolside, among the steam and the splashes, they sit transfixed by the little screen they hold in their hand. Scrolling through Facebook and trawling through tweets. Ignoring calls for attention, they […]
Dogs Know…
Dogs know Lucky Dog…. Anyone who has pets will really like this. You’ll like it even if you don’t and you may even decide you need one! Mary and her husband Jim had a dog named ‘Lucky.’ Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary and Jim had company come for a weekend visit they […]
Sex Without Bodies
Sex Without Bodies The church ¢â‚¬â„¢s response to the LGBT movement must be that matter matters. Andy Crouch 6/26/2013 CRAIG F. WALKER / DENVER POST / GETTY Even as our culture has swiftly moved toward accepting same-sex marriage, the term “homosexual” has already disappeared among those who have taken the time to listen and learn from […]
First ‘three-parent baby’?
World’s first three-parent baby a step closer after UK approval Date: June 29 2013 Julia Medew Britain will become the first country to create babies with the DNA of three people. Parents at high risk of having children with severe disabilities such as muscular dystrophy will be offered the controversial new IVF treatment after it […]
(Some) Churches preach social justice, but (in education) do they practise it?
Churches’ choice: self-interest or Gonski? Date June 29, 2013 James Boyce Peter Garrett and Christopher Pine at the Southern Cross Catholic Vocational College in Burwood, Sydney, debate the funding of education in relation to the Gonski Report. Photo: Janie Barrett The future of the Gonski education reforms is now in the hands of Liberal premiers and […]
Climate Change: a good summary of the issues (for Australia)
Climate change: Abbott must get off the fence Date June 25, 2013 Tim Colebatch Tim Colebatch is The Age’s economic editor. Sooner or later Tony Abbott will have to reveal his plans to tackle climate change. Illustration: Matt Golding The Pulse Live: Politics from Parliament with Stephanie Peatling Tony Abbott never talks about climate change […]
Catholic Church still ‘impeding’ sex inquiries
Catholic Church still ‘impeding’ sex inquiries Barney Zwartz June 26, 2013 The Catholic Church is still impeding police pursuit and conviction of clergy sex offenders, according to a former head of Victoria Police’s sexual crimes squad. Former detective inspector Glenn Davies, who now works with victims of clergy sex abuse, says his experience of working with […]
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