Books
Pushing for the power of now (Eckhart Tolle)
(Note from Rowland: I’ve listened to Tolle’s reading of his book The Power of Now, twice, and was helped by *some* of it. This article helps understand my caveat): Pushing for the power of now July 13, 2008 Lose the ego. Make peace with the present. Awaken. Eckhart Tolle’s spiritual teachings are appealing to millions. […]
Postmodernism
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER ———————————————– UNDERSTANDING THE TIMES IN WHICH WE LIVE Editors comments: This article is its original form was written as an intellectual exposure of postmodernism. We believe it gives an important insight into the clash of worldviews that is seeking to tear apart the Christian influence in western culture. We have therefore […]
On God and Prince Caspian
The second instalment of the film version of The Chronicles of Narnia is now in the cinemas. And it is very good in many respects. Prince Caspian as a film is perhaps even better than the first film in the series, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. But as is often the case, a […]
What is time?
(From my scientist-friend Chris): 1. What is time? In standard physics it is the 4th dimension. If that is true, why can’t we move along it totally freely, as we can with our 3 known space dimensions? If we do, you come up with the paradox that you could kill your father, and hence cease […]
Movie Review ‘U23D’
Movie Review ‘U23D’ I’ve never been on stage with U2 before, but watching this movie with some strange glasses on for the 3D effects, it was just like I was right out there with the lads, with tens of thousands screaming fans all around us. Maybe that’s just my ego but that’s how it felt. […]
Art and Pornography
Andrew Bolt on Art: “Surely we should judge the pictures then (ie.Art), not so much by the intention of the artist but by the effect on their audience. .. art is defined by its audience, art can’t be contained in galleries, art is best judged by its effects, and artists are fellow citizens, with more […]
The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
In its opening weekend “The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian” ruled the box office! As moviegoers rush to see the new film, Beliefnet offers fans these fun features: *Check out this video where fans of ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ talk about what the series means to them: http://www.beliefnet.com/story/233/story_23305_1.html *Actor Ben Barnes, who plays Prince Caspian, […]
BENEDICT XVI and the Search for Truth
BENEDICT XVI and the Search for Truth by Robert Tilley (St Pauls Publications 2007). Pope Benedict’s first encyclical letter ‘Deus Caritas Est’ was a revelation to me (http://jmm.org.au/articles/19956.htm ). I’d heard from my progressive Catholic friends that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was a hardliner – more concerned, as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of […]
Best Books (by N S W ex-premier Bob Carr)
A premier’s challenge Late bloomer … Bob Carr has devoured the classics to make up for what he describes as a limited education. Susan Wyndham May 3, 2008 THREE weeks after his election as premier of NSW in 1995, Bob Carr spent Easter at home in Maroubra with his wife, Helena. He remembers it well: […]
The Religious Right – suggested reading
Ten of the Best in Understanding the Religious Right. There can be no complete understanding of Australian Christianity without an understanding of the American religious right. Not everyone will agree about what are “the best”, but the following have helped this minister. 1.Prophecy and Politics:Militant Evangelists on the Road to Nuclear War,Grace Halsell, 1986. One […]
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