No credit for huge visa fees
The publication date of this issue of The Southern Cross coincides with my sister’s birthday. She turns 70 this year...
Chris Moerdyk
Telephone-speak – pronto!
In the world of aviation there is a universal language roughly based on English which is used to avoid confusion...
How the patron saints got their jobs
Ever since I saw my great-aunt Evelina get down on her knees in urgent and desperate supplication to St Anthony...
Don’t fall for old e-mail hoax
An e-mail currently circulating in the Christian community in South Africa warns about a movie called “Corpus Christi”, which portrays...
A different kind of Bible story
I have often argued that if religions wish to encourage more youngsters into their folds, they need to learn to...
To capture young minds and hearts
IF there’s one thing that religion and the mass media have in common in South Africa, it’s the problem of...
Atheists bark up the wrong tree
I read with interest in my local newspaper recently that atheists in Britain had complained about Christian messages being promoted...
Communication will be the death of us all
Don’t look now but there’s a new devastating sickness on the horizon. It’s called communication. Seriously, communication is going to...
As a rule of thumb, we can be as happy as Larry
TEN years ago, my wife asked me who Larry was and why he was so happy. All these years and...
