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…
Half ‘n Half?
Friends, Is the glass half empty or half full? We all know that this is not really a question. It is a metaphor. It is…
Is preaching your calling?
Friends, Today is Local Preacher Sunday in the Methodist Church. Once a year Local Preachers, sometimes known as Lay Preachers, fill every Methodist pulpit throughout…
Water is life
Friends, When I visited the Karoo in January this year it was 40 degrees. I fell in love with a windmill. The clunking sound followed…
A time to reflect and question
Friends Two Poems to Ponder and a Quote to Question. Peace, Alan Kindness Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel…
Practice Jubilee
Friends, Today we celebrate Pentecost. Many speak of Pentecost as the birthday of the church. The date of this birth is 50 days after Easter….
Witnessing Death
Friends, On Monday afternoon I was walking through the Company Gardens. Up ahead on the left side of the path (Government Avenue) there was a…
The Joy and Grief of Mothers
Friends, Today is Mother’s Day. A day when many families celebrate mothers with joy and gratitude. It is also a day of heightened remembrance for…
A Psalm against Tyranny
Friends, The first two lessons in Timothy Snyder’s best-selling book: On Tyranny – Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century read: “DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. Most of…
Practicing Resurrection on the streets of Cape Town
Friends, “Practice resurrection” are the last words of Wendell Berry’s 1973 poem – Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front that we printed in our last bulletin….