Rowland Croucher
Encounter with a Biker
There I was sitting at the bar staring at my drink when a great huge, trouble-making biker steps up next to me, grabs my drink and gulps it down in one swig. “Well, whatcha’ gonna do about it?” he says, menacingly, as I burst into tears.”Come on, man,” the biker says, “I didn’t think you’d […]
Meister Eckhart: A Spiritual Genius
Go out of yourself and let God be God in you The 13th-14th Century German mystic Meister Eckhart has been described as ¢â‚¬Ëœthe man from whom God hid nothing. ¢â‚¬â„¢ John Stewart explores the life and brilliant insights of a remarkable Christian. A computer search for references to Meister Eckhart reveals more than 294,000 ¢â‚¬“ such […]
Questionnaire (Wendell Berry)
Questionnaire (Wendell Berry) 1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. 2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of […]
McLaren’s Jesus
A NEW KIND OF CHRISTIANITY – Brian D McLaren (Jan Croucher) CHAPTER 12: – Who is Jesus, and why is he important? Jesus is the climax of the experiences/teaching of Adam, Abraham, Moses, David, Amos (or Isaiah, Jeremiah), and John the Baptist. Jesus offers the most mature view of the character of God. Elton Trueblood: ¢â‚¬ËœThe doctrine […]
Good cop bad cop
Here comes the bribe! And guess who’s best man? Date: October 6, 2012 John Silvester Crime reporter, The Age Detective Sergeant Nick Goodear, a copper with ‘a bit of dash’ about him. Photo: Justin McManus In the world of policing it is normally the squad detectives who get the top billing. These investigators are the ones […]
America’s Political System: A British Critique
Mitt Romney, left, and Barack Obama. Photo: AFP THIS week’s debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney underscored a core truth about America’s presidential election season: the vast majority of the most consequential policy questions are completely excluded from the process. This fact is squarely at odds with a primary claim made about the two parties […]
MARRIAGE EQUALITY: 10 Q&R’s (Bp Gene Robinson)
NOTE: ROUGH DRAFT. NOT (YET) FOR PUBLICATION ELSEWHERE, EXCEPT FOR COPIES SENT TO INDIVIDUALS (I try to summarize the gist of important books, before I review them. I ¢â‚¬â„¢d appreciate your comments/suggestions. Rowland [email protected] ) ~~ (Summary of responses by Bishop Gene Robinson, God Believes in Love: Straight Talk about Gay Marriage, Knopf, 2012). Gene Robinson is […]
Pray for the World October 2012
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER (a conservative evangelical approach) Note: This list of articles for prayer does not necessarily reflect my views. Rowland. They are posted in the interests of balance and fairness. AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER PRAYER IN PARAGUAY SEEDS SPIRITUAL REVIVAL AN EPIDEMIC OF TERROR IN NIGERIA CHURCH IN INDIA FACES UNRELENTING PERSECUTION MAJOR […]
Is God Violent?
Notes of a study led by Janice Newham on chapters 10 & 11 of Brian McLaren’s A New Kind of Christianity Wednesday Koinonia: 26 sept 2012 How do you feel about those bible texts which present God as a destroyer of his enemies, violent and even genocidal? Have we wondered about a God who would […]
A Prayer of Surrender
Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me, and in all Your creatures – I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into your hands I commend […]
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