Thank you…
Friends, I have always found it a strange and wonderful gift arriving at a new congregation, not completely dissimilar to the transformation of “water into…
The bell, banners and blasphemy
Friends, The first Yellow Banner that CMM raised was in 2011. In solidarity with The Right To Know Campaign (r2k) and many other civil society…
Learn… Unlearn… Relearn…
Friends, Last week I visited Humanity, an evolution exhibition at the Iziko South African Museum of Natural History – situated in the Company Gardens. (It is…
War & World Cup Whiplash
Friends Do you also have whiplash from Wars and World Cups? News broadcasts flick from horrifying death and destruction to Ama Bokke Bokke celebrations. Division and death…
Baptism or Brutality?
Friends, I have slowly begun to pack a few boxes. While doing so I came across a collage of photographs stuck on a piece of…
Seven Observations
Friends, Seven observations/parables from my daily walk: 1] Outside the office traders nod, greet and smile. I have heard them from just after 5am setting…
Isaiah 59:1-16a
Friends, Here are a few words from Isaiah. I do not know how accurately Isaiah’s words describe the context of his day, but I do…
Pruned free of fear
Friends, Alexey Navalny is a political prisoner in Russia, facing potentially 20 years in jail. We know about political prisoners from our own history. Here…
Psalm 139
Friends, It is impossible to reflect on Psalm 139 too deeply. To reflect on its meaning too carefully. Regardless of how many times we read…
Becoming what we hate
Friends, The great psychotherapist, Carl Jung wrote: “You always become the thing you fight the most”. And Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s propaganda minister reputedly said, “Even…