Rowland Croucher
The Church has had its day
The Church has had its day…!” By David Allis Nov 2006 We’ve been asked to debate the moot ‘The church has had its day”, or maybe in product terms the debate would be that the church is ‘past it’s best by date’. With a little bit of thought, it’s obvious that at a higher level, […]
Breathing
B r e a t h i n g Inhale. My life will be bookended with an exhale to match my first drawn breath. A mated and unique pair that shall never touch, but depend upon each other to exist. Like God, and faith. Exhale. by Joshua Hughes Branson/1999
Where is God in
Where is God in ‘The War on Terror’? a public lecture in Durham Cathedral, 7.30 pm, 9 November 2006 by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright Introduction We live at a remarkable moment in western history and culture. The old certainties and stabilities have been swept away; questions we thought we’d avoided have […]
Church backs calls for severely disabled babies to be killed at birth
Outrage as Church backs calls for severely disabled babies to be killed at birth By NEIL SEARS Daily Mail November 13, 2006 The Church of England has broken with tradition dogma by calling for doctors to be allowed to let sick newborn babies die. Christians have long argued that life should preserved at all costs […]
Flattery will get you anywhere!
This is what a computer should do first thing in the morning! Copy the address below into your browser window. When the message comes up, type in your name. I recommend you do this every day! http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/%7Egeoffo/humour/flattery.html
Religion, and gay rights
War, religion, and gay rights By James Carroll | November 13, 2006 IN JERUSALEM, Muslims and Jews have found common cause: attacking gay people. A gay pride parade was scheduled for Friday. In Palestinian areas, Muslim leaders vigorously condemned homosexuality as criminal, and in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, Jewish demonstrators staged raucous protests. As a result, organizers […]
A Rural Pastor on the Oz Drought
Back on the drought I’d like to say that we, as a rural church, have been very encouraged by the breadth of the supportive contacts we have received from our urban counterparts. Meanwhile, an update. The brief scattered showers here and there are making no particular difference but nevertheless are received with gratitude. There has […]
Pastors as Visionary Leaders
PASTORS AS VISIONARY LEADERS Weems lists the phases of thriving and declining organizations: original vision, growth and building the organization, maintenance, decline, recognized decline, crises or death. I feel that in the United Methodist Church we are in the period of at last recognizing our decline. I hope this leads to a crisis that provokes […]
Insults
Insults: http://www.ckdog.co.uk/insult/ ~~~ A dog does not care about the previous dogs in your life.
Quips
TODAYS RIDDLE : Construction of a stronger and more massive bell tower for the monastery to replace the one destroyed during the last civil strife with a neighboring lord was well underway when the old Monk visited the site. The Abbot showed the Monk the drawings and model for the three-bell tower. The Monk was […]
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