November 2007

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...

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.

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...

Ten Plays for the Church

TEN PLAYS FOR CHURCH, by Kevin Dodds. AuthorHouse, Bloomington, Indiana. 2007. 108pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton Kevin Dodds has a twofold love: the theatre and the Christian...

Healing of faiths

Conventional wisdom tends to hold religion responsible for most wars in history, with some ascribing religious motives to many conflicts even today. Such notions are sweeping generalisations....

Hygienic Communion

I learned to receive Communion on the tongue, which was the custom for past generations. Aids is transferred through bodily fluids (mucous membranes). The priest cannot deny...

Called to serve

Father Themba Mafa, the principal of St Michael’s College, was watching a football match with a group of boys which included John, the head boy. Suddenly, something...