Posted in Angry, Bad Theology, Bigotry, Conflict, Control, Fear, Fundamentalism, Preaching, Violence, tagged Fundamentalism, Yanks on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are some unfunny clowns around….
Pastor Prays for Obama’s Death: “
[Fox News]
A Phoenix-area pastor has started to draw protesters to his congregation after he delivered a sermon titled, “Why I Hate Barack Obama,” and told his parishioners that he prays for President Obama’s death.
Pastor Steven Anderson stood by his sermon in an interview with MyFOXPhoenix, [...]
Posted in Armed Forces, Chaplaincy, Christianity, Compassion, Conflict, Danger, Fear, Funeral, Love, Violence, War on Thursday, July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an amazingarticle. I was in tears during reading it. This is why I need to be an RAF Chaplain ASAP. Anything I write is trivial to this….
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hello-mum-this-is-going-to-be-hard-for-you-to-read-1753008.html
At 19, Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher was one of the youngest victims of the Afghan war. These letters – given to The Independent by his family – reveal [...]
Posted in Christianity, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Marriage, Nazarene, Prison, Restoration, Sexuality, Theology, Violence on Monday, July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a prisoner who has been going through the long process of gender change from male to female. Karen is serving quite a long sentence, and has been ‘residing’ on a wing of other vulnerable prisoners.
A few months ago, Karen approached me and asked me a very serious question. The question was… ‘If I [...]
Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Control, Crime, Culture, Danger, Deception, Easter, Empire, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Maundy Thursday, Prison, Theology, Violence, War on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a problem, I am not a pacifist, but very close to one. I am a person who has been in two professions where I have been given the power to use minimal force in order to achieve my objective when life is at risk. The point I am bothered about is this: I [...]
Posted in Christianity, Conflict, Contemplation, Control, Creation, Culture, Deception, Fear, Freedom, Good Theology, Henri Nouwen, Holiness, Integrity, Love, Restoration, Theology, Urban Decay, Violence on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have really enjoyed the pearls of wisdom from this blog.
Find the article below at:- http://herbofgrace.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/saturday-march-7th-in-the-season-of-lent/
It’s hard sometimes to figure out how much choice we have in our suffering or grief. Henri Nouwen, who knew what It meant to suffer, shares this encouragement:
“…..every time there are losses there are choices to be made. You choose [...]
Posted in CPS, Crime, Disaster, Fear, Fiction, Injustice, Integrity, Justice, Law on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taken from http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/2009/04/bad-week-make-that-bad-fortnight.html
It isn’t getting better is it? Now we have the anti-terrorist operation in the North West apparently drawing a blank, and the arrest and release on bail of 114 potential environmental protesters in the East Midlands (on suspicion of conspiracy, which is a far more serious matter than the substantive offence). [...]
Posted in Atonement, Bad Theology, Christianity, Christology, Consumer, Fear, Good Theology, Indecency, Injustice, Justice, Punishment, Restoration, Theology, Violence on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another article linked to my dislike to a permanent angry God. This time a contractual God…
Excellent article by Maggi Dawn
I see that Giles Fraser is getting a bit of stick both in blogland and tweetsville over his latest comments on Good Friday and Easter. He has claimed that the idea that sin is like a [...]
Posted in Christianity, Fear, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The below is taken from http://nextreformation.com/?p=2681
“One thing is clear to me:
“The temptation of power is greatest when intimacy is a threat.
“Much Christian leadership is exercised by people who do not know how to develop healthy, intimate relationships and have opted for power and control instead.
“Many Christian empire-builders have [...]
Posted in Capitalism, Consumer, Danger, Fear, Integrity, Urban Decay on Friday, March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC NEWS | Education | Warning over narcissistic pupils
We really do seem to be so self-absorbed and concerned with the ‘me’ and not the ‘we’ of society. Self-centred, rights drive, consumerism… where do we stop with this? Any thoughts on this one to share? Please, please convince me that I am barking up the wrong [...]
Posted in Armed Forces, Conflict, Control, Crime, Culture, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Police, Violence on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thousands of people have attended a series of rallies across NI to show their anger at the murders of two soldiers and a policeman.
Silent protests took place in Belfast, Lisburn, Newry, Downpatrick and Londonderry.
A peace vigil is also to be held in Craigavon, County Armagh, near the site where Constable Stephen Paul Carroll was shot [...]
