Rowland Croucher
Victoria: the Progressive State
Welcome to Victoria, the progressive state Date May 10, 2013 Gay Alcorn Columnist Politically, socially and culturally, Victorians are a breed apart from other Australians. Parochialism aside, Melbourne isn’t some backwater; it’s Australia’s fastest growing city and, by some accounts, will be its largest in a little over a decade. Illustration: Andrew Dyson. An […]
The Boston Bombings: Dr Mark Durie’s comments
The Boston Bombings and Understanding the Islamic Worldview – Interview with Mark Durie on Christian Worldview Radio Posted: 05 May 2013 03:00 PM PDT This in an edited transcript of an interview of Mark Durie by David Wheaton on Christian Worldview Radio. David Wheaton: Perhaps you watched the Boston Marathon bombings that killed four people and injured […]
Gratefulness
It’s true that we don’t know What we’ve got until it’s gone, But it’s also true that we don’t know What we’ve been missing until it arrives..
On Grief
Grief cannot be shared, for it is mine alone.Grief is a dying within me,a great emptiness, a frightening void.It is a loneliness, a sickening sorrow at night,on awakening a terrible dread.Another ¢â‚¬â„¢s words do not help.A reasoned argument explains littlefor having tried too much.Silence is the best response to another ¢â‚¬â„¢s grief.Not the silence that is a […]
Tired Dog
An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home and was well taken care of. He calmly came over to me, I gave him a few pats on his head; he then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, […]
Daffynitions :-)
These fit so well they should be in a dictionary. ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye. CHICKENS: The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead. […]
God: two clever quotes
1. ‘If you think about the Trinity too little you may lose your salvation… If you think about the Trinity too much you may lose your mind’. ~ St Augustine 2. ‘If you’re praying to God, you’re normal… If God speaks to you, you might be having a psychotic episode’. ~ Anon. (Now, class, […]
Smile (c’mon… :-)
A Swiss man, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus stop where two Americans are waiting. ¢â‚¬Å“Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen? ¢â‚¬ he asks. The two Americans just stare at him. ¢â‚¬Å“Excusez-moi, parlez vous Francais? ¢â‚¬ he tries. The two continue to stare. ¢â‚¬Å“Parlare Italiano? ¢â‚¬ No response. ¢â‚¬Å“Hablan ustedes Espanol? ¢â‚¬ Still nothing. The Swiss guy drives […]
Do Jews Believe in Resurrection?
What does the concept of resurrection mean to Jewish theologians? Here ¢â‚¬â„¢s a helpful post from Eric Chabot talks about this and other interesting topics related to the resurrection. Excerpt: Where do we see resurrection in the Hebrew Bible?Belief in a resurrection of persons from the dead are seen in eight passages: (Job 19:26; Ps. 17:15; 49:15; 73:24; Is. […]
And while we’re talking about weather… :-)
Remember those moments in cartoons when a hapless soul is cursed with their own private rain cloud? Read this week of a new exhibition in London which promises precisely the opposite: a 93-square-metre room which is filled with artificial rain, but you have your own 1.5-metre circle of dryness following you everywhere!!! Given Londoners’ relationship […]
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