Category Archives: 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
Filed under Community, Worship & Preaching
The Rev. Dr Ross Olivier
A personal word to honour a man of great integrity, deep love and generous spirit Continue reading
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
Filed under Books & Movies, Community, Family
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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Filed under Bible, Family, Grace and Law
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
Filed under Community, Odds & Ends
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
Filed under Books & Movies, Community
