Rowland Croucher
Faith and Spiritual Development
An interesting slide show at http://faculty.valpo.edu/jnelson/AgingWebPage/Notes/Spirit/sld001.htm
Amish responses to school children killings
From Australian NINE MSN website Amish girl asked to be shot first Saturday Oct 7 06:32 AEST One of the girls who died in Pennsylvania’s Amish schoolhouse massacre asked the killer to shoot her first in an apparent bid to save younger girls, a woman who spoke to the victim’s family said. Rita Rhoads, a […]
Upon This Stone
Sightings 10/12/06 Upon This Stone — Jerome Joseph Gentes In the recent film World Trade Center, Officer William Jimeno, trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed tower, has a vision of Christ. He describes the vision, one that a Catholic in extremis might understandably have, to his commanding officer, Sergeant John McLoughlin, who also lies […]
The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals
(Interesting list! Rowland, October 12, 2006) http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/october/23.51.html
An Older Couple
An older couple is lying in bed one morning, having just awakened from a good night’s sleep. He takes her hand and she responds, “Don’t touch me.” “Why not?” he asks. She answers back, “Because I’m dead.” The husband says, “What are you talking about? We’re both lying here in bed together and talking to […]
A Brilliant Senior Moment
A BRILLIANT SENIOR MOMENT !! A 98 year old woman wrote this to her bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavoured to pay my plumber last month. By my […]
10 October 2006 Daily Update from HCJB World Radio
Today’s Headlines: NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TESTING RAISES PRESSURE ON CHRISTIANS STUDY: ONLY 60 PERCENT OF NEW ORLEANS CHURCHES ‘FUNCTIONING’ VIETNAMESE MAN DIES IN PRISON AFTER SEVERE TORTURE MINORITY CHRISTIANS FORCE OFFENSIVE ALBUM OUT OF INDIA Today’s Top Stories: NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TESTING RAISES PRESSURE ON CHRISTIANS While the world condemns North Korea for their recent […]
Pilgrims of the Absolute
by Brother Roger, C.R.1 (original at http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/pilgrims.htm) A Pilgrim of the Absolute is someone who is making straight for God, whether he knows it or not. He is someone who is looking for love, freedom, fearlessness, certainty, joy and gladness and expects to find them all – somewhere. It is possible for a Christian still […]
The Values of liberal democracy
11 October 2006 British MP Jack Staw has caused a storm by his remarks about the way some Muslims dress, with some even going so far as accusing Muslims who dress differently of rejecting the values of liberal democracy. I am not alone in thinking that those who say such things seem to have a […]
Meeting Emma
Note from Rowland: I’ve just finished reading Michael Spyker’s book: a very readable introduction to Christian Spiritual Disciplines. Anyone who’s read, and commends, people such as Merton, Vanier, John of the Cross, the Desert Fathers and Mothers, Paul Tournier, John Main, etc. and who likes Norah Jones music has got ‘something going’ for them. A […]
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