Category Archives: The News
Sour Dough: Hot Cross Christians
I had no idea that hot cross buns were such a sacred part of our Christian Easter heritage with such significant theological symbolism Continue reading
Law & Order: A Prayer of Confession
We have allowed criminality to become subjective. Those whose crimes are greater than ours on some subjective scale of criminality are the real criminals Continue reading
Filed under Lent, Meditation & Prayer, The News
Human Rights Day: Celebrating with Caution
Wednesday 21 March was Human Rights Day here in South Africa. The date is significant because it commemorates the Sharpeville massacre on this day in 1960. Sixty nine South Africans were killed in the struggle for human rights that finally … Continue reading
Filed under Human Rights Day, The News
Climate Change and Human Dignity
If we cannot get the fundamentals of human kindness and dignity right, was COP17 a Titanic exercise in deckchair rearrangement? Continue reading
Filed under Community, General Writing, The News
Racism: Alive and Well
Seventeen years into our democracy, are we still crying about race? Clearly we are, and clearly there is much to cry about. Continue reading
Filed under Odds & Ends, The News
We Remember
We remember those who lost their lives this day in the United States ten years ago, and those who lost loved ones Continue reading
Filed under Community, General Writing, The News
