The youth needs a voice
We want to win our children for Christ.” This is the mission statement displayed prominently inside an Anglican church in...
March 2007
Kutless – Live from Portland
CD REVIEW Recorded in their hometown in Oregon, this live album (which comes with a bonus DVD) offers a fair...
The lessons of Iraq
Four years ago, military forces led by the United States and Britain invaded Iraq, a sovereign country, in defiance of...
Why I need Station 15
Is there such a state as demoralisation? If so, that is what I am suffering from at the moment, at...
Mary Magdalen – The essential history
MARY MAGDALEN: The Essential History, by Susan Haskins. Random House, Houghton. 2006. 518pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
Brooke Fraser – Albertine
CD REVIEW Singer-songwriter Brooke Fraser, an All Black’s daughter, is currently New Zealand’s second-best selling homegrown talent (after Hayley Westenra)...
The fight on crime
Complaining about crime is becoming South Africa’s favourite pastime. Even if crime rates are dropping, as the authorities claim, it...
The Quality of a Homily
I am disillusioned by the quality of the homilies at our Sunday Masses. I’m told that the Vatican has instructed...
South Africa still needs healing
If there is a topic I try avoid, it is racial animosity or racism. My heart bleeds every time I...
