Category Archives: Community

Posts that remind us of our place and role in community

Tribute to Ross Olivier by his son, Jon-Mark

Jenny Hillebrand over at Carpenter’s Shoes has included a link to the tribute Jon-Mark paid to his father, Ross Olivier Continue reading

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The Rev. Dr Ross Olivier

A personal word to honour a man of great integrity, deep love and generous spirit Continue reading

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Honesty, and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”

We watched The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel last weekend, and began thinking about honesty in relationships. Continue reading

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Electrical failure and a failure of faith

We were plunged into darkness the other evening. To be brutally honest, I received a call from my ever-loving wife to say that we had no electricity…the municipality had cut us off
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Cyclone Irina and the Water of Life

In our well-regulated and carefully-choreographed city-dwelling lives, we are not used to being at the mercy of the elements. Continue reading

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Why the West Rules, and why love is more important

I have now finished reading Ian Morris’ book, Why the West Rules — For Now.  At 645 pages it’s a big book, and in more than just length.  I touched on his gloss on Christianity in an earlier post. Overall … Continue reading

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