Spirituality
CONFESSIONS OF A LAPSED CATHOLIC
¢â‚¬Å½Most of the 1000+ books in my (these days reduced!) library were bought at places or given by people unknown. But I recall vividly the small Christian bookshop in Lae, Papua New Guinea, where – some time in the early 1980s – I purchased Sheila Cassidy’s paperback Prayer for Pilgrims. What Evangelicals were doing (back […]
BAPTIST SAINTS?
From a Baptist pastor-friend: I may have it wrong, but I think the Catholic theory about saints and miracles is not widely understood. It seems to me that their theory goes like this: * not many Christians go straight to heaven – most need a few centuries of purging * you can pray to any […]
Her hands…
The late Bishop Crotty told [this] true story. A girl of sixteen lay in hospital. She was the eldest child in a large, poor family. Her mother had died when the youngest child was born, and for years the girl had spent herself looking after the home and mothering the younger children. She had almost […]
A QUIET MIND
‘Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm’. -Robert Louis Stevenson In order for me to attain a quiet mind, which I have found to be a glorious state in which to remain, I need to practice Silence, […]
Love and Need
I love you ‘cos I need to, not because I need you. I love you ‘cos I understand that God has given me your hand – U2, Luminous Times I was walking through the caf ƒ © at work the other day and heard this U2 song playing over the airwaves. The next line of the song […]
C S Lewis’ Trilemma
Fool, Charlatan or Evangelist? C.S Lewis, Josh McDowell, and the “Trilemma” 1: McDowell’s use of the ‘Trilemma’ Jesus claimed to be the Son of God. It follows that he was either a liar, a madman, or the Son of God in fact. Jesus’ universally acknowledged goodness and wisdom rule out the first two possibilities: we […]
MacKillop banished after uncovering sex abuse
MacKillop banished after uncovering sex abuse Mary MacKillop, the nun who will soon be Australia’s first saint, was excommunicated by the Catholic Church because she discovered children were being abused by a priest and went public, ABC’s Compass program can reveal. In 1871, after only four years as a nun, she was excommunicated from the […]
The Man with the magic hands
Note from Rowland: reminds me of the Polish priest in Dominique la Pierre’s City of Joy (the book’s better than the movie). **** The man with the magic hands Jo Chandler September 18, 2010 Far from his native Poland, the doctor and priest mends bodies and souls in the PNG highlands. FOR 25 years Jan […]
Religious commitment around the world is growing!
How bleak is the future? September 16, 2010 On the eve of the Pope’s visit to Britain, the Vatican’s views on issues such as abortion, homosexuality and female priests look increasingly at odds with modern secular realities. DORCAS Gichane moved swiftly through the midday bustle of central Nairobi. High above her a billboard advertising whisky […]
Australia’s Spirituality – the latest data
SHAPING AUSTRALIA ¢â‚¬â„¢S SPIRITUALITY: A Review of Christian Ministry in the Australian Context, Philip Hughes and others (2010). This latest offering from Australia ¢â‚¬â„¢s premier religious research body, Christian Research Association, summarizes 25 years of studies into how Australians relate to matters spiritual (if that phrase is not an oxymoron!), and how specifically it all relates to […]
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