How to know your version of Christianity is broken
Last week, a lone gunman attacked a gay club in Orlando, Florida. Fifty people were killed, making this modern America’s worst mass shooting tragedy. We may never know for sure what the gunman’s...
View ArticleI am a racist. But I do not want to be one.
CONTEXT: A few weeks ago, a young girl at a school in South Africa protested against the rules of her school by wearing a fairly sizeable Afro-style hair style. On the face of it, this doesn’t sound...
View ArticleMissional Business Seminar, Johannesburg, 5 Nov 2016
This is your invitation to a vitally important seminar. Download a PDF brochure here, and share with your friends. The world is changing. More Christians from developing nations are becoming interested...
View ArticleA clash of worldviews
One of the reasons the recent US Presidential election has been so emotive is that, more than at any time in recent memory, it was also a stark clash of worldviews. Not just political doctrines, or...
View ArticleRichard Rohr’s reflection on White Privilege
I receive Richard Rohr’s daily meditations by email. A month ago, he posted one that was remarkable in its insights and writing. Read it at his site, or an extract below. The Invisible Character of...
View ArticleChristmas Eve Reflection: Seeing Mary’s Christmas
It might be because as the only male in my household I am surrounded by “women’s stuff” all day everyday and am privileged to be forced to see the world through a distinctly feminine (and deliberately...
View ArticleLiving the Truth in an Age of Lies
The Patheos blog posted an excellent article on gaslighting and how to deal with it. “Gaslighting” is a particular strategy of liars, who try and get you to question yourself and the truth. This...
View ArticleWhat churches can do to support parents and students during the Covid-19...
The Covid-19 disruption has had a huge impact on schools, and they are not going to be able to go “back to normal” anytime in 2020, or possibly even 2021. Parents are struggling to “home school”....
View ArticleThere are no walls
I really wish more churches would preach this: there are no walls. The attached Naked Pastor cartoon is one of the most powerful he’s ever done (and he even managed a touch of poetry too). Over and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Just Us For All
This is my (rejected) contribution to the The World in Half a Century Forum 2020, held in honour of the famous Russian nobel laureate, Andrei Sakharov. I was invited to contribute a half hour virtual...
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