Family
On Children
“Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.” Bill Cosby “Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.” W. Phelps “A child is not frightened at the thought of being patiently transmuted into an old […]
Parents And Children
Parents who have no time for their children, raise children who have no time for them. unknown
Marriage (Find The Acronym!)
On the 15th April, 1995, the Rev. Jan Croucher (my wife) and I ‘celebrated’ the marriage of our daughter Amanda, to John Southwell. The beautiful service at the Heathmont Baptist Church in Melbourne, Victoria, began with Amanda’s four cousins – sisters who are all brilliant musicians – playing Bach’s Air on the G String. After […]
Quotes About Grandparents
Seen on a T-Shirt: If I Had Known Being a Grandparent Was So Much Fun, I Would Have Done It First My granddaughter came to spend a few weeks with me, and I decided to teach her to sew. After I had gone through a lengthy explanation of how to thread the machine, she stepped […]
Abuse And Churches
A few years back I picked up a book by Charles H. Kraft, called “Deep Wounds, Deep Healing.” l have loaned it to a couple whose daughters were both abused by a church youth leader who had several victims over a long period of time. I can’t recall the publisher’s name… Kraft introduces with his […]
How Many Do You Remember?
How many do you remember??????? My Dad was cleaning out my grandmother’s house and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to […]
Books On Abuse
BETH TEPHILLAH MINISTRY CENTRE April 8 2002 Following on from Noel’s suggestion, “Deep wounds, deep healing” is published by Sovereign World, 1993, ISBN 185240 148 6. It is available at Word, Koorong and Keswick SU bookshops to our knowledge. The Prayer Ministries Network of which Beth Tephillah Ministry Centre is a part, arranged a series […]
Church Weddings
UK: Abolish church weddings, says bishop An Anglican bishop has called for the abolition of church weddings to prevent people “committing perjury” at the altar, the Telegraph newspaper reported on 23 May. “It would be much more honest of the church to say that we won’t marry anybody, because doing so puts them in a […]
Sexual Abuse
I decided to share this with the group, for insight and comment. This lady (who wishes to remain anonymous) is a member of a Baptist church… ~~~ About 9 years ago I discovered one of the most shocking things that a mother could know….that her beautiful, only daughter had been a victim of childhood sexual […]
The Rented Room
Our house was directly across the street from the clinic entrance of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to outpatients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see a truly awful looking man. […]
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