Where Do We Find Peace?
For a long time, I did not understand why grown-ups always spoke of trying to get “peace and quiet”. It was as though “peace and quiet” was...
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We Need Beauty: Ancient and New
Often I have been moved, and at times also puzzled, by these 1700-year-old words of St Augustine: “Late have I loved you, beauty ever ancient yet ever...
A Saint of True Devotion
In the grand heights of heaven the light of Christ is aflame. Through the mercy of God, it pours forth to the earth. It is undeterred by...
The Eyes of the Beholder
Grace, in the dawn of time, poured out love, and from this outpouring of love I was born. I entered a world that is both beautiful and...
This is the Body of Christ
Beside the throne of God sits Christ the King, Our Lord, Saviour and Redeemer. In praise of his name, the hosts of angels sing in heaven. With...
The Smell of Angels
It occurred one day, in the glory of the heavenly court, that a foul and offensive odour poured through the air. The pungent and rancid smell wafted...
The Church: A Vessel for all on the Journey to Heaven
She is as glowing as the moonlight and as radiant as the noonday sun. She is as gentle as the song of the birds at dawn, and...
The Peace I Found at Ngome
On a brightly-lit Tuesday morning, a cautiously optimistic city dweller left the potholed roads that wind through urban life for the meadows of rural KwaZulu-Natal. There, upon...
The Light of Christ: An Antidote to the Coldness of the World
When I was a child, we often visited family members from the afternoon to the late evening. Then we would drive home. As I’m sure many of...
Ask God for Zeal!
Yoda: Do or do not. There is no try I have a confession to make, one which I know might lose me some friends and even some...
I’m Grateful for My ABC’s
Some time ago in a bookshop I passed by a copy of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I was both horrified and intimidated by the sheer size...
Behold the Heart!
February was the month of love. This means that there is an impending avalanche of heart-shaped chocolates, teddy bears and lacy red lingerie. February gave me an...
