Scorn and confusion
When the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary issued a modernised list of Seven Deadly Sins, it attracted much ridicule in the secular...
2008
Xhosa mystic saw the light
I recently had opportunity to attend a live gospel show of Joyous Celebration. I’m normally not a happy-clappy kind of...
Zim elections: A veneer of credibility
Unless something quite remarkable should happen, this weekend’s elections in Zimbabwe will see Robert Mugabe returned to the presidency by...
God’s alarming gift
On Easter morning, after the horror of Friday and desolation of Saturday, we arrive at the tomb, with the women,...
How God helped me prove the Easter bunny really exists
Whenever I think of Easter, I can’t help but recall all those times I have painted myself into a corner...
The joy of his love
Give us the joy of your love. These words of a responsorial psalm one day during last Advent touched me...
Father, your will, not mine be done
The drama starts at 10:48 am one Thursday morning. A young man knocks at the door. He is looking for...
Hosanna!
Hosanna! The crowds in Jerusalem afforded Jesus an euphoric entry into Jerusalem. Within five days, a blink of the eye...
A chance debate
I have a friend who is a non-practising rabbi and an atheist. He recently visited me from New York City....
