The new Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makhoba, is the youngest ever to hold that office. At his enthronement he called for a healing of divisions in society, yet he faces even more serious divisions in the church.
clipped from www.thetimes.co.za
The new Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, called for fresh efforts [...]
The SABC radio cricket commentators really are the pits.
My wife is a great cricket fan. Yesterday we went to church in Mamelodi, and when the service finished about 11:00 my wife switched on the car radio to hear what was happening in the South Africa-India test match was going. We gave an old lady a [...]
The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute’s annual conference begins in Johannesburg tomorrow (Monday, March 31). If you are interested, you can find the details here: SAFCEI: SAFCEI AGM and Public Meeting - Johannesburg.
I was rather hoping to attend, but when a service for my car cost R4000 more than I expected, my disposable income [...]
There’s been a sudden increase of blogging about liberation theology since Barack Obama’s pastor hit the headlines.It has brought forth some very strange comments and perceptions, such as that those, who like Archbishop Romero were crushed by the power of the state for opposing the abuse of power actually supported what they opposed.
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The recent arrest and appearance in court of three men accused of ritual killings in the Eastern Cape has highlighted the problem of so-called muti murders, one of which is that they are rarely highlighted.In another country one or two murders would be sensational. Eighteen murders in a small town within a few months [...]
I never thought I’d ever see eye-to-eye with a US Southern Baptist. This one’s rhetoric almost convinces me, but not quite.
clipped from www.henryinstitute.org
There is a liberation theology of the Left, of the kind of politicized movement we see right now in the newspapers and on our television screens. There is also a liberation theology [...]
Val woke up and found a message from Simon: “If you see Samwise running around with a potato it is because I threw it for him. I couldn’t find a ball and he had caught a hedgehog and was running around with it in his mouth and I didn’t want to hurt either him or [...]
Jerry Horton’s now-famous peace symbol is 50 years old. Its first public appearance was at the Aldermaston March in 1958, organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to protest against nuclear weapons.Later it was widened to a general peace symbol, and not simply against nuclear weapons, and has been used by people protesting against [...]
This year Easter and Wester are about as far apart as they possibly can be.
While Western Christians will be celebrating Easter tomorrow, Orthodox Christians will be having the Second Sunday of Lent:
Sunday 23rd March 2008
* Tone 2 - SECOND SUNDAY OF GREAT LENT
* St Gregory Palamas
* Commemoration of the Holy Fathers whose relics lie in [...]
Several newspapers have reported that Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the USSR, is a Christian.What is surprising, however, is not so much the reports themselves as the source: the reports have come from Italy.It will be interesting to see if there are any follow-ups in the media, saying something about how Gorbachev practises [...]
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