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Initiation
INITIATION I see men walking wounded: hairy men, muscular men, fathers, lovers full of sex, but dripping with blood, scarlet sons of pain cut by grief, drawn and quartered by failure, stabbed with jagged fear. Some wise, bearded father, some elder with a masculine embrace has touched them with his own red-stained hand, blessed them […]
Shooting Hoops for Jesus?
(Note from Rowland: there’s currently – March 2005 – an S U logo on our frontpage. Here’s something from them). Street U Jesus passes to Matthew, spins a quick pass to John, alley-oop pass to Paul for the slam dunk home! Twelve years ago I stood in the driveway with my dad, shooting hoops. I […]
Essay on Aging
Old age, I have decided, is a gift. I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body-the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and sagging buttocks. And often I am taken aback by that old person that […]
Grandpa’s Hands
Grandpa, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn’t move, just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn’t acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat the more I wondered if he was OK. not wanting to disturb him but wanting […]
Church must be sanctuary to domestic abuse victims, survivor says
Mar. 4, 2005 A UMNS Feature By Allysa Adams* The first time Debbie Harsh was beaten by her husband, the injuries sent her to the hospital. Scared, demoralized and confused, she got out of the house, healed physically and immediately turned to the only place she felt safe: her church. “I always thought that the […]
Parents who want good kids must set example
Feb. 28, 2005 A UMC.org Feature By Vicki Brown* One reason 16-year-old Aaron Holland volunteers at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church’s child care center is to set a good example for his younger brother-the kind of example his own parents set for them both. The teen from Rapid City, S.D., says his dad is honest […]
God Created Children
GOD CREATED CHILDREN (AND IN THE PROCESS GRANDCHILDREN) To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students…here is something to make you chuckle. Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God’s omnipotence did not extend […]
The Changing Face of Women
Jane Williams: ‘The Changing Face of Women’ From the Episcopal News Service (ECUSA) Text of address delivered by Jane Williams during the 110th annual meeting of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Los Angeles, 25 February, 2005, in Glendale, California (Copyright 2005, Jane Williams, reprinted with permission) 28 February, 2005 When I was […]
De Facto Relationships
I have a namesake who teaches statistics in an Australian university, and has a weekly column in a Melbourne magazine. Last week: ‘Proportion of couples [presumably in Australia… my words] marrying in 2004 who lived together before the wedding: 75 per cent; in the 1970s: 16 per cent.’ John S. Croucher, Professor of statistics, Macquarie […]
Why men are slower (than ever) to commit to kids
Why men are slower (than ever) to commit to kids February 25, 2005 Young Australian men want a say in the rules of relationships, writes Damien Foster. Most young men don’t make a serious decision about having a child with their partners until they find out their girlfriends are pregnant. It’s like driving a car […]
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