The Cross to Calvary
As was the custom, the condemned man carried his cross to the place of execution. It was usually not the […]
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Lent Series
Lent 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
Lent Series
Jesus kept his promise
He has risen, as he said. This refrain reverberated through Jerusalem on that Sunday, April 9, 30, and later round
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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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