Archive for October, 2008
The Lighter Side
Friday, October 31st, 2008
It’s time for the lighter side once more as we look at the stranger stories of the week.
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One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don’t go into government. - Donald Trump
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
A couple of things have struck me recently (before you ask, no one of them was not a fist) one being that it is a strange world we live in when Louis Walsh accuses someone else of being vain, but then again this is all about celebrity and I vowed that I would not discuss [...]
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Synod of Bishops proposes female Lectors
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Catholic News Service reported this story over the weekend - proposition 17 from the Synod of Bishops on the Bible puts forward that
The synod fathers recognize and encourage the service of the laity in the transmission of the faith. Women, in particular, have an indispensable role on this point, above all in the family and [...]
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Are we defending life when we just pick and choose lives acceptable to lose and which ones to defend? - Derek Webb
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
Forgiveness is something that is easy to say but harder to actually do for someone or something. We have natural reactions and things that can annoy and anger us and with that in mind I admire anyone who manages to constantly turn the other cheek because it is not easy.
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That Glow!
Friday, October 24th, 2008
I met someone who I don’t know very well, but deeply respect, the other night. He is a committed Christian, and joyfully told me that he was just a few weeks married. On his arm was his wife of six weeks. I’m not sure of his age, but I’d say he’s touching forty, though he [...]
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Introduction to Lesotho
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Hello all,
I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written but internet access isn’t readily available here…neither is phone or any other form of communication with the outside world. ( In the villages)
Malealea is a majestic valley veiled in
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All cruelty springs from weakness - Seneca
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
I wonder, how people can be so cold and cruel…and more importantly evil. After reading the story of James Howson, I am none the wiser as to why this all happens.
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Muscular Christianity
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Muscular Christianity is a movement which became active in the Victorian era, and in some form, still continues to this day. The movement came about through a change in the way of life for both men and women. And it’s a curious thing to think, and look about us, to wonder if the shape of society [...]
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“Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit.” Eli Khamarov
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Oxfam have stated that 967 million people in the world are going hungry, nearly a sixth of the planet’s population. It is a shocking statistic no matter what way it is looked upon.
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What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. – George Bernard Shaw
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
An 11-year-old boy has became the youngest winner of Countdown’s “Octochamp” title in 20 years, it sounds like an incredible statement but it is completely true.
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