Sunday, April 09, 2006
Globe and Mail Opinion Poll
Do you think it likely that Jesus asked Judas to betray him?
Yes
No
Total votes: 12261
Interesting....
Saturday, April 08, 2006
There Is Such a Thing as a Stupid Question
From the Chronicle of Higher Education
By MAUREEN DONOHUE-SMITH
To paraphrase a common axiom: Answer a student's question, and you have
educated her for a day; teach a student how to question, and you have
educated her for a lifetime.
Saying that there are no stupid questions devalues the process of inquiry.
Questions are the engines that power the growth of knowledge, and we cannot
rely solely on a random interrogatory process. Although unstructured
strategies such as brainstorming and free association have their uses, we
need to balance them with a disciplined approach to questioning. Students
must learn to expand on initial answers as they ask new questions.
Professors can help students make their questions more intelligent.
Click here to see how:
http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=ttGnnHrwMtvvNYMkvbMC2shwNwSfBRnT
Food for Prayer and Prayer for Food.
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The United Nations has launched an appeal for $426 million to help more than eight million people hit by drought across east Africa.
The drought has already killing thousands. Jan Egeland, the UN humanitarian chief, said at the appeal's launch in From aljazeera.net http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/580D945E-5BF9-4990-B5E9-7A8B6DB610E2.htm
Friday, April 07, 2006
Football - more to fear than just West Ham fans these days
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Football's world governing body, FIFA, says it is considering possible action over an Israeli air attack last week on a football field in the Gaza Strip.
Jerome Champagne, FIFA deputy general secretary in charge of political issues, said on Friday the attack was a direct strike without any reason. Whole article: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4F083B3-3A51-42F0-8FC8-D6C5522CC1EC.htm
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Interesting: Ancient text paints Judas as hero, says National Geographic
Last Updated Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:51:06 EDT
CBC News
Judas, the disciple blamed for betraying Jesus Christ to the Romans, was a hero, a newly released ancient text says.
National Geographic revealed Thursday what it calls the Gospel of Judas, a 1,700-year-old text which reverses the accepted view of the religious villain.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/04/06/judas-geographic060406.html
Any thoughts?
Mike
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Tend to the Garden of Eden
Tories plan cuts to climate change programs
Last Updated Wed, 05 Apr 2006 23:10:06 EDT
CBC News
Forty per cent of this year's budget for climate change programs has been slashed from the departments of Natural Resources and Environment , CBC News has learned.
"We're the only country that's ratified Kyoto that's cutting back on its spending on climate change," said John Bennett of the Sierra Club of Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/04/05/climate-change060405.html
Taking care of the earth was one commandment we received even before the Fall - it is important. We ignore God's commissions at our own peril.
From CBC- Childcare
The number of Canadian children in day care soared by more than 25 per cent
between 1994 and 2003, according to a new report by Statistics Canada.
The report released on Wednesday says 54 per cent of children aged six
months to five years were in some form of day care in 2002-03, up from 42
per cent in 1994-95.
The new Conservative government has confirmed it intends to scrap child-care
deals with the provinces, negotiated with the previous Liberal government
Pray for effective support for single and low-income parents.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
koinonia
As recorded in Acts 2, The new believers devoted themselves to "fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (v. 42). "The exact phrase 'breaking of bread' occurs only in vs. 42 and in Luke 24:35; but the verbal phrase 'to break bread' occurs also in Luke 24:30; Acts 2:46; 20:7-11; 27:35; and in connection with the feeding of the multitude, and the institution of the Lord's Supper. This phrase springs from the Jewish custom of beginning a meal with the prayer, 'Blessed be thou, O Lord our God, that thou didst make bread to be on earth,' followed by a ceremonial breaking of bread." "The Spirit has produced koinonia. Some have remarked that the real miracle of Pentecost is to be found here - that so diverse an assemblage of people 'from every nation under heaven' (2:5) a unified body of believers is formed."
