Rabble-rouse for Peace
RABBLE-ROUSER FOR PEACE: The Authorised Biography of Desmond Tutu, by John Allen. Random House, Johannesburg. 2006. 481pp. Reviewed by Gunther […]
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Pilgrimages
1: Unique journeys to God
When 45 people meet at Johannesburg airport to embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy (with travel-imposed
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Pilgrimages
2: Graces in Galilee
The area around the Sea of Galilee (or Sea of Gennesaret, as the evangelist Luke called it) is my favourite
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Pilgrimages
3: Where rank will not impress
The road to the magnificent Barluzzi-designed church atop Mount Tabor the site of the transfiguration snakes and winds by way
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Pilgrimages
4: Inside a walled ghetto
Bethlehem means the house of bread, and here, the Gospel tells us, the Bread of Life was born. And here,
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Pilgrimages
5: Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives is my favourite part of Jerusalem. This was where Jesus would make his home when visiting
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Pilgrimages
6: Waiting for ladder to fall
Occasionally I am asked about my favourite place in the Holy Land. It is a difficult question to answer. For
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Pilgrimages
7: A vision that changed history
Our time in the Holy Land was slowly winding down. For a week we followed in the footsteps of Jesus,
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Pilgrimages
8: Rome’s loveliest basilica
When St Peter left the lands of his birth for the city of his death, he departed by boat from
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