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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries
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Those Church Bulletins are Back

On January 4, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this morning: “Jesus Walks on the Water.” The sermon tonight: “Searching for Jesus.” Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in […]

Don’t Quit

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When things go wrong, as they sometimes will When the road you’re treading seems uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, When you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit. Life is strange with […]

Brian McLaren on Homosexuality

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Leader’s Insight: No Cowardly Flip-Flop How should pastors respond to “the Homosexual Question”? by Brian McLaren, Leadership columnist The couple approached me immediately after the service. This was their first time visiting, and they really enjoyed the service, they said, but they had one question. You can guess what the question was about: not transubstantiation, […]

God

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Overzealous child soldiers — and their parents — in Jesus Camp, a film about Pentecostals, represent only a fraction of Christians. By Kirsten A. Powers Web Exclusive: 06.09.06 Gandhi once said if Christians lived according to their faith, there would be no Hindus left in India. He knew how powerful the fundamental tenets of Christianity […]

Vatican condemns Saddam Hussein execution

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Updated Sat. Dec. 30 2006 11:52 PM ET Associated Press VATICAN CITY — The Vatican spokesman on Saturday denounced Saddam Hussein’s execution as “tragic” and expressed worry it might fuel revenge and new violence. The execution is “tragic and reason for sadness,” the Rev. Federico Lombardi said, speaking in French on Vatican Radio’s French-language news […]

Robyn Davidson: ‘No Fixed Address: Nomads and the Fate of the Planet’

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‘Quarterly Essay’ is an Australian journal which features a 25,000-word essay, plus correspondence. Prominent Australians like Robert Manne, Mungo MacCallum and David Malouf have written previous essays. This one (Issue 24, 2006) features well-known social anthropologist, traveler and raconteur Robyn Davidson, who first came to fame with her book ‘Tracks’, the account of her epic […]

Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message – ‘hunger for justice will change the world’

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Archbishop of Canterbury’s New Year Message 31st December 2006 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has said that we need to feel the same hunger for justice that ended the slave trade if the world is to be changed for the better. Speaking in his New Year message, broadcast on BBC Television in the […]

Snow Geese

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From a friend: I heard Rohr recently, he appealed to poems to demonstrate his point about the contemplative way of seeing. Specifically he used the following poem: ~~~ Snow Geese (by Mary Oliver) Oh, to love what is lovely, and will not last! What a task to ask of anything, or anyone, yet it is […]

Happy New Year!

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Young men and old men

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The young man who cannot cry is a savage The old man who cannot laugh is a fool (Often quoted by Richard Rohr)

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