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Who inspires you?
Do you ever feel really inspired? Inspired by whom? Or to do what? Do you ever believe that you inspire others?
It is quite a feat, I think, to be able to inspire others. The rugby world cup winning team was an inspiration as other winning teams or individuals are too. But there is more to inspiration than winning, as we well know. Read more…
Can the Aids crisis be solved?
Many South Africans perhaps are experiencing a sense of Aids fatigue, especially among those not (yet) generally affected by the effects of the pandemic. Read more…
Michael Bublé – Call Me Irresponsible
CD REVIEW
The king of the middle of the road delivers his third album, and it does not stray far from the formula of the previous two: a bunch of crooners’ classics, a few more contemporary songs arranged to sound like crooners’ classics, and a modern pop number which invariably becomes the lead single. Read more…
Cremation and the Church
What is the Church’s modern view of cremating the dead, since in the past cremation was considered a pagan practice? Is cremation for the laity only, because it seems that popes, bishops and priests are never cremated? What about the ashes? May they be left on the mantelpiece or must they be scattered or buried? Read more…
Transient gift of repartee saved me from ladies’ scrum
I’ve never been very good at thinking of the right thing to say at the right time—except once, and that, I am convinced, had nothing to do with any newly found gift of repartee, but rather with a huge dollop of perfectly timed divine intervention
It all started on a business trip to Russia shortly after communism collapsed in the early 1990s. I checked into the Mesdurodnaya Hotel in Moscow and wandered into the cocktail bar. This was jam-packed with dozens of strikingly beautiful women. Read more…
Catechetical opportunity
Television viewers with the means and inclination to tune into the latest instalment of the Big Brother Africa series, which ended this month, may have witnessed the three finalists—from Nigeria, Tanzania and Angola respectively—bless themselves and say grace before dinner. Read more…
HIV/AIDS books
HIV/AIDS: Breaking The Silence: A Guide Book to Pastoral Caregivers, by John Muchiri. Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi. 2006. 80pp.
HIV/AIDS: A Response Of Love: Words of Encouragement and Hope, by Bob Kelly SJ. Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi. 2007. 96pp.
Reviewed by Michail Rassool Read more…
A Music Strange and Manifold – Krystyna Smith
A MUSIC STRANGE AND MANIFOLD: A Song of Healing, by Krystyna Smith. Jazzbo Publishers, Pretoria. 2007. 217pp.
Reviewed by Michael Shackleton Read more…
A Christmas encounter every day
Every year Thandi Skhosana and Angy Mlilwane put up a Bethlehem Christmas nativity scene in their parish. Near the crib there is a collection box. Fellow parishioners donate money and gifts. The donations are given to underprivileged children in Soshanguve. In addition to the toys, the kids are bought what they will need for the new school year. Read more…
Ten Plays for the Church
TEN PLAYS FOR CHURCH, by Kevin Dodds. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana. 2007. 108pp.
Reviewed by Michael Shackleton Read more…
