A TIME online portal has a featurette about a UK company that provides mourners to attend funerals for a fee. Worried that not enough people will show up your funeral? Let Rent-A-Mourner help. The ingenious and aptly-named company allows concerned parties to pay for professional grievers to fill a funeral home and make sure that …
Last week’s tragedy in the US saw many Christian commentators make reference to an atrocity against infants, referenced in Matthew Chapter 2, and instigated by King Herod. I had this link to a an interview with Paul Meier at Desiring God which provides some background to the historical figure who desired to be known as …
A few links to initial posts about the death of John ‘Chappo’ Chapman. Gordon Cheng linked to this video in which Chapman recounts his conversion. Mark Thompson offers a brief remembrance at Theological Theology. Sydney Anglicans offers a report with comments by Archbishop Peter Jensen. Nathan Campbell writes of the impact which Chapman has had …
Dumb Ways To Die is a safety campaign by Melbourne’s Metro trains. Never has gruesome death sounded so sweet or looked so cute. Hopefully the loved ones of anyone who has met their demise in any of the fashions described will still appreciate the message. Warning: video contains lots of cute graphic death and a …
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