ANCIENT TALES FOR MODERN TIMES: Reflections on Abraham and his Children, by Chris N van der Merwe. Lux Verbi.BM, Wellington. 2008. 191pp. Reviewed by Michail Rassool
Archive | March, 2009
Same-sex marriage and the church
THE CHURCH AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, by Ron Nicolson. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2008. 74pp Reviewed by Anthony Egan SJ
Detours from the truth
Like most youngsters brought up in a good Catholic home in the 1950s, I had my mouth washed out with Lifebuoy soap every now and then for using bad language. I like to think I was not a foul-mouthed lout — rather just a kid who found it extremely difficult to say: “Oh bother!” or [...]
Sinning and the sacraments
Married people who live in sin with a partner who is not their spouse may not receive the sacraments. Yet a priest who breaks his duty of celibacy can not only validly receive but also perform the sacraments. Is the Church not discriminating here between priests and lay people?
God’s kind silence
I have always been troubled by God’s silence. I was about 13 when my mother took us for lunch at her sister’s place after church one Sunday. My uncle, an agnostic, said my mother was indoctrinating us with religion, or something to that effect. Up till then I was comfortable with God’s calm silence. It [...]
Pilgrimage 2013
The Digital Southern Cross
