Three cheers for the Southern Cross

by Letters Editor · Published June 26, 2014 · Updated June 23, 2014

From Gilbert MacDonald, Cape Town

I simply love reading The Southern Cross and always look for some letter or article which inspires or encourages me in some way or other in my life. And some of us feel we are among friends, because we often know the writers or contributors who seem so knowledgeable.

“Resurrection” – painted by James Tissot

Sometimes we read something quite simple and beautiful and thank the editor for having printed it. And then we read of someone we love who has passed away and we are filled with sadness.

I get upset when I see bickering in the paper. When the boat is rocked and it goes on and on, we wonder when it will end. But, of course, we are entitled to our opinions, so rock the boat if you must!

It would be great if the content of the paper could be increased but the economics must be considered.

Some time ago I read an article by an Irishman who loved eating herring and chips when times were hard in his country when he was growing up. This was quite filling and delicious.

Being one who loves fish and chips, I went hunting for herring but it is not so easily available here as overseas and is quite expensive. A good deacon�s wife got me some but I did not find it as appetising as I had hoped it to be.

We have our hake, or stockfish, as it was known in former years, when it was cheap and plentiful.

I wonder how the fish tasted which the Lord braaied at the shore of Lake Tiberias. The disciples ate it with bread. Peter had a great healing experience here because three times Jesus asked him if he loved him and three times he said he did. Previously, Peter had denied Jesus three times.

This is a fishy story.