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 — until I started reading it. It...
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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 Open Door”. This season focused on the...
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 back to my varsity days when I...
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 Stephen Brislin, at the bishops’ August 2018...
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 sex abuse by a priest, or the...
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.
Lessons From A Hard Mom
It has been a year when the dark clouds of death came into closer proximity to me in more ways than one. As it closes we are again about to bury a lifetime friend and peer who finally lost her battle to an aggressive form of cancer.
We Can See Christ in Pope Francis
It baffles me how many Christians don’t take Mathew 25 seriously as one of the crucial conditions for their salvation, even though Yeshua, the Christ, was at pains to make this clear.
Pope’s Words On Mafia Echo In South Africa
Listening to Pope Francis address a meeting of Italy’s Anti-Mafia Parliamentary Commission got me thinking about our own political situation.
South Africa’s Catholic Church Heritage
The Catholic Chuch in South Africa has a rich history of suppression and opposition in South Africa – so from the first Mass said around 1487 till today when we are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the South African Catholic Church – we also celebrate the lives of those who built the faith in SA.
How My Father’s Death Led to a Book
My father’s death, after almost a lifetime of absence, seems to close the yawning chasm between us. I feel him closer in death than when he was alive. The seed of an “inclination to look back on history” was planted the day I heard he had died.
Why Matthew 25 Haunts Me
Do I see God in the poor as Christ instructed me? Matthew 25:31: All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people...
