The Cross to Calvary
As was the custom, the condemned man carried his cross to the place of execution. It was usually not the...
Series
God’s ‘curse’
There are different traditions about our Lord’s last cry on the cross: My God, my God, why have you forsaken...
Jesus kept his promise
He has risen, as he said. This refrain reverberated through Jerusalem on that Sunday, April 9, 30, and later round...
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...
2: Graces in Galilee
The area around the Sea of Galilee (or Sea of Gennesaret, as the evangelist Luke called it) is my favourite...
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...
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,...
5: Mount of Olives
The Mount of Olives is my favourite part of Jerusalem. This was where Jesus would make his home when visiting...
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...
