Thanks to Prodigal Kiwi for this quote today - Clouds and Light
A Jew, awaiting death or persecution in a prison cell in Cologne wrote the following on his prison wall:
I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.
I believe in love even when I cannot feel it.
I believe in God even when he […]

Jake posts a thoughtful post on Nick Berg.

As I have mentioned before, my life experience has made it clear to me that I am a killer. I suspect that in the dark interior recesses of most people resides a killer. Humans are capable of cold-blooded murder. There is no doubt in my […]

Stephen Said has an interesting interview with Mark Sayers about the process that South Melbourne Restoration Community went through as they transitioned from an ‘attractional church’. For those of you who are reading ‘the shape of things to come’ by Alan Hirsch and Mike Frost, this is the church that Alan cut his ministry teeth […]

Is Anne Coulter the Andrew Bolt of the US?
Someone who failed logic 101! Imagine what her school teachers must think.

Hang your head in shame Australia.

I am finding it difficult to type I am so excited!

Subject: from jms apr 30
From: jmsatb5@aol.com (Jms at B5)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
I know I’ve been absent for a while now, but there are reasons, especially in
regards to B5:TMoS. In a project of this nature, and this size, there’s stage
one (let’s do this) stage two (let’s make […]

I am really enjoying Morgan’s reflections on beginning to engage with Buddhist meditation. If you don’t read dogma, go and check it out.

What does it mean for us to live out these tough teachings and commands of Jesus?
‘Love your enemies’
‘bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you and pray for those who persecute you,’ ?
Do we jetison this teachings because it has become too hard?
Do we treat our enemies as Untermenschen” (sub-humans) now?
Or […]

Powell says Bush was ‘informed’ of Red Cross concerns

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he and other top officials kept President Bush “fully informed … in general terms” about complaints made by the Red Cross and others over ill-treatment of detainees in U.S. custody.
Powell’s statement suggests Bush may have known earlier than […]

The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses brought in a woman who had been caught in bed with a man who wasn’t her husband. They made her stand in the middle of the crowd. Then they said, “Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who isn’t her husband. […]