Rowland Croucher
Robbery
As the Byrds song said: As through this life you travel You meet some funny men Some rob you with a six gun And some with a fountain pen.
Baptism in the early church
One of the church’s early liturgical documents is the “Apostolic Traditions” of Hyppolytus. This appears to date from the third century, though the extant manuscripts in Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic and Latin are much later. The following is the first paragraph of section 21, under the heading “Of the conferring of holy baptism”, from the edition […]
Jesus [43] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (29)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Marcus Borg: ‘I do not myself think there will be a future visible return of Christ… I see the belief in an imminent and manifestly public return […]
Monday: a pastor’s prayer
from Bishop Will Willimon 10.09.06 Monday: a prayer As a pastor, I found not only that my Sundays were different but my Mondays too. Monday is the day when pastors pause, take stock, and seek restoration after a busy Sunday. This Monday is the beginning of our Bishop’s Convocation on Ministry when our pastors gather […]
Judas and the Gospel of Jesus, by Tom Wright
Judas and the Gospel of Jesus. By Tom Wright. SPCK, 2006. The standing joke about Tom Wright goes like this: An inquiring student gives Dr Wright a call. His secretary says, ‘Sorry, but he is busy writing a book”. To which the student caller replies, “That’s OK, I’ll hold”. NT Wright is one of our […]
When Irish Eyes Are…
The 98-year-old Mother Superior from Ireland was dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable. They gave her some warm milk to drink but she refused. Then one of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Remembering a bottle of Irish whiskey received as a gift the […]
Tyrants always fall
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall – think of it, always.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi
Reasons Not To Mess With Children
Reasons not to mess with children. A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. […]
Radical changes needed for a just trade system
World Trade Organization (WTO) director-general Pascal Lamy met with representatives of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) on 14 September at Geneva’s Ecumenical Centre. In July the EAA and the WCC had presented Lamy with a petition signed by religious leaders calling for justice in global trade. Lamy explained […]
Germans reconsider religion
Germans reconsider religion Pope Benedict XVI’s challenge to secularism meets with receptivity during his German visit. By Christa Case | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Friday, 10/06/06 BERLIN – This is the continent where some leading thinkers are talking about a “post-Christian Europe.” And this is the country of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who […]
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