Rowland Croucher
Riddles
(Answers are at the bottom of the page.) 1.. What goes up and down stairs without moving? 2.. Give it food and it will live; give it water and it will die. 3.. What can you catch but not throw? 4.. I run, yet I have no legs. What am I? 5.. Take one out […]
The Pope’s remarks were dangerous… (Karen Armstrong)
The Pope’s remarks were dangerous, and will convince many more Muslims that the west is incurably Islamophobic Karen Armstrong Monday September 18, 2006 The Guardian In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world. “I approach you not with arms, but with words,” he wrote to the […]
How does one acknowledge God’s blessings?
How does one acknowledge God’s blessings? Simple ….. Just say, “Thank you, Lord.” What blessings should we acknowledge? If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, […]
The Ascent of a Leader
The Ascent of a Leader | Book Review Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough This book has received high praise. It contains more than thirty recommendations from successful leaders. While the book does not aim to be specifically Christian — it is written “primarily to the nine out of ten who believe in the existence of God” […]
Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith (Henri Nouwen)
Book Review: Henri Nouwen (with Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird), Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith, HarperSanFrancisco, 2006. Henri Nouwen is probably one of the two or three most-read (even by non-Roman Catholics) twentieth century Catholic authors – and deserves to be. Some of his books – With Open Hands, […]
Emerging/missional divide
From a net-friend: ‘Wow, I only recently learned that there was an “emerging church” (as opposed to the Church emerging from wherever it has been hiding), and now I discover that there is an “Emerging/Missional” divide! The problem with Western theology is that it’s so hard to keep up. By the time you discover what […]
Eritrea: Appalling religious situation continues to deteriorate
Subj: Eritrea: Appalling religious situation continues to deteriorate. Recent reports from Compass Direct (CD) indicate that the appalling religious situation in Eritrea continues to deteriorate. CD reports: “Newly compiled statistics smuggled out of Eritrea indicate that at least 1,918 Eritrean citizens are imprisoned and being subjected to torture and forced labor because of their religious […]
The Pope and Islam
Sightings 9/18/06 The Pope and Islam — Martin E. Marty Pope Benedict XVI has had a free ride so far. Back when there were still Protestant anti-Catholics, some would have found much fault with him, but most appreciated his encyclical on divine and human love, and said so. Many Catholics and non-Catholics whose friends suffered […]
Making a Will
An enormously wealthy 65-year-old man falls in love with a young woman in her twenties and is contemplating a proposal. “Do you think she’d marry me if I tell her I’m 45?” he asked a friend. “Your chances are better,” said the friend, “if you tell her you’re 95.” . ========================== . The best way […]
The Local Church in a Global Era
The Local Church in a Global Era | Book Review Reviewed by Thomas Scarborough Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), at the invitation of World Vision (WV), co-hosted a conference in the autumn of 1998 “to aid the publication of materials intended to help redefine missions for the next century”. WV and PTS jointly invited some one […]
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