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Solidarity with the Earth, solidarity with the vulnerable

May 03, 2020

The acclaimed public intellectual Noam Chomsky has often said that there are two crises facing humanity: the threat of nuclear war and the threat of climate change.
God and the principle of non-contradiction

May 03, 2020

It is funny where the lessons of our classrooms are sometimes understood.
Majestic, mystical trees at the heart of scripture

Apr 26, 2020

Trees are such majestic, mysterious, living things. Walking through a forest can fill you with awe – there is something almost mystical about being surrounded by soaring trees enveloping you while reaching out to the heavens.
Churches as field hospitals

Apr 26, 2020

Our churches need to be diagnostic; they need to name the present moment in a prophetic way. But that calls for a courage that, right now, seems lacking, derailed by fear and ideology.
Easter and the mustard seed

Apr 19, 2020

Easter shows us that metaphor of the mustard seed was not an idle parable but a story that revealed our potential to transform the world into a new creation.
Huge stones and locked doors

Apr 17, 2020

Soren Kierkegaard once wrote that the Gospel text he strongly identified with is the account of the disciples, after the death of Jesus, locking themselves into an upper room in fear and then experiencing Jesus coming through the locked doors to bestow peace on them.
Resurrection — A new world beckons, but what kind of world?

Apr 11, 2020

This year, we celebrate Easter amid the extraordinary circumstances of triple crises: a political crisis, an economic crisis and the ongoing pandemic.
The meaning of Jesus’ death

Apr 11, 2020

Jesus’ death washes everything clean, including our ignorance and sin. That’s the clear message from Luke’s account of his death. As we know, we have four Gospels, each with its own take on the passion and death of Jesus.
The Gods that many worshipped have fallen

Apr 04, 2020

The gods of humanity had created in the chase for wealth and power have fallen. Perhaps it is time for the musicians and poets, philosophers and dreamers to take over from the celebrities and sports billionaires and the tycoons in cahoots with elite politicians. Maybe that would lead to a happier, more harmonious world.
Love in the time of Covid-19

Apr 04, 2020

In 1985, Nobel Prize winning author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, published a novel entitled, Love in the Time of Cholera. It tells a colourful story of how life can still be generative, despite an epidemic.