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:...
2007
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...
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...
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...
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...
Here’s an argument to liven up your Sunday lunch
Every now and then, I delve into my high-tech database—just a cardboard box with the lid held down by an old computer keyboard—and pull out a document...
Lessons from an allegation
This newspaper received a flood of letters in the wake of reports about an allegation of sexual abuse against the late Bishop Reginald Orsmond of Johannesburg, stemming...
