Rowland Croucher
Post Office
There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job it was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to “God” with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about. The letter read: “Dear […]
Sex, Lust and Guilt
The War Within: An Anatomy of Lust [Name Withheld] Driving through Wisconsin on vacation this summer, a Leadership staffmember passed a huge sign in the middle of the bucolic countryside. “Naughty Things for Nice People,” it proclaimed, and as if to prove it, a gigantic cuddly bear peered out from beside the words “Adult Novelties.” […]
Fleeing From Fundamentalism
The term “fundamental” has become negative in the minds of the non-religious & even many religious persons. We often see fundamentalism equated with radical or fanatical. You hear the media use it in such a manner when describing Muslim terrorists. For example, the media will call Muslim terrorists, “fundamentalists”. You will also see the media […]
Humour (Karl Barth)
There is an interesting look at humour in the theology of Karl Barth at http://theologytoday.ptsem.edu/oct1986/v43-3-editorial.htm Note particularly section III (page 311-12). It makes three good points; 1. That humour should be self-directed because “Humor is the opposite of all self-admiration and self-praise” (CD III/4, p. 665) 2. That humour is “laughter amid tears” because it […]
Jewish Humour
From a friend: As a devotee of Jewish humour I recommend Robin Williams’ movie “Jakob the Liar,” which is set in the Warsaw Ghetto in World War Two. It begins with a story voiced over the opening credits… The war was not going well for Hitler, so he went to see a fortune teller and […]
Good praise music
[1] A good song has a good marriage between content and vehicle and is performed with technical excellence. [2] How does one balance content with the ambiance/theatre of the occasion? I.e. letting the head rule over emotions. “What am I to do? … I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with […]
Computer TIP: Hanging Indents in
From a friend: Computer TIP Hanging Indents in MS Word What if you want to create a hanging indent (in which the paragraph’s first line is up against the left margin and all remaining lines in the paragraph are indented)? Here are some suggestions: Move your cursor to any point within the paragraph you want […]
Drought Prayers
~~~ From the Bishop of Sandhurst, Most Rev. Joseph Grech, Lord God the creator of all things Your Spirit moved over the face of the waters at the dawn of creation You gather the seas into their places and direct the courses of the rivers We praise you for the gift of water Now our […]
16 November 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio
16 November 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio Today’s Headlines: CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO REACH 15,000 CHILDREN IN RUSSIA MICAH NETWORK PARTNERS WITH WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE EXTREMISTS ATTACK INDONESIAN LECTURER FOR BECOMING CHRISTIAN Audio clips from the award-winning radio group GRF Christian Radio, produced to coincide with the release of the new James Bond […]
Music
Listen to the great Catholic musician John Michael Talbot. http://www.johnmichaeltalbot.com/ His meditational music Come to the Quiet is a masterpiece.
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