As I Approach The Thumb Stage Of Life
Nothing exposes us to the vulnerability of life, and the inevitability of our own mortality, like the death of a...
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Are there Limits to Freedom of Speech?
It had been long time coming. I finally gathered enough strength to leave our local community’s social media page. Not...
Why Xhosa Christians are ‘Majakane’
My friend, a theology PhD student, recently asked me why the first black African Christians in our region, mostly Xhosa,...
Why There’s No Joy in Schadenfreude
At first I thought Tiffany Watt Smith’s little book Schadenfreude: The Joy of Another Misfortune addressed the weirdest of topics...
Church – A Vibrant Sign of God’s Presence
The archdiocese of Cape Town, where I live, has just finished another season of Ecclesia, titled “The Church is an...
I Like a Touch of Gothic
One of my hobbies is to research the links between the scholastic frame of mind and architecture. It goes...
Don’t Hide the Church Under a Bushel!
I was encouraged by the honest comments on media by the president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop...
Suspicion and Distrust: How Do We Overcome These?
It may feel for some that recent events — like the Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson being convicted for concealing child...
How 2018 Will Be A Watershed Year
Division and corruption shall be the legacy of Jacob Zuma’s reign over our country. But the decision to announce free tertiary education for households with joint incomes below R350000 a year is the right one.
