South African Religious Thinkers

» Romping Along
23/04/25 13:12 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
As the video of my Malta lecture went romping along through the rankings, I thought that I might ...

» The worst thing is not the last thing!
22/04/25 21:32 from Living In Grace
This is still one of my all-time favourite quotes:  “The resurrection means the worst thing ...

» Beginning To Realise
22/04/25 20:34 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
This is Z (see the photo). She comes from a poor family in Zimbabwe. She enrolled for a degree co...

» Last Ditch Miracles
21/04/25 18:34 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
A man lost his job in one of our northern provinces, and travelled south with his wife to seek wo...

» Proud Sister
20/04/25 12:52 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
This one's just a pretty picture, which I took following a confirmation service. The "proud siste...

» Maltese Cathedral
19/04/25 10:45 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
This one's just a pretty picture. It is wife E (towards the bottom right) in St. Paul's Cathedral...

» Metal Detector
18/04/25 19:11 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
Son M, in Switzerland, wanted a metal detector. I built him one of my own designs -- however it w...

» Annual Philosophy Lecture Video
17/04/25 17:38 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I'm delighted to report that the philosophical society of Malta has now published my Annual Philo...

» Being watchful
17/04/25 15:24 from Living In Grace
To be 'watchful' is to be alert and vigilant.  And this is what Jesus was challenging his fo...

» Calling a Spade a Spade
16/04/25 22:15 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
Sometimes it is worth calling a spade a spade. One of the best strategic moves I made in ministry...

» Micro-Racism
16/04/25 19:28 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
What I would call micro-racism (properly, "the micro level of racism") is something I became incr...

» Fujifilm to Leica
15/04/25 18:12 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
One can now run simulations on cameras. On my Fujifilm, I can run Leica simulations ... without o...

» Death Deeply Felt
15/04/25 17:45 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
There is, in Xhosa culture, an imminent sense of death. Every day could be one's last. This is a ...

» Am I leading a Rebellion?
15/04/25 12:21 from Living In Grace
When Jesus was arrested in the garden of Gethsemane, he challenged the mob that had gathered with...

» Conked Out Chromebook
14/04/25 20:19 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I was not much enamoured with my Chromebook on my travels. This is a computer which has overtaken...

» Agitated and shaken - Who is this?
14/04/25 14:25 from Living In Grace
 "The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. “Who is this?” they asked." -...

» † Ronny Draai
13/04/25 20:42 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I was deeply shocked to learn that I lost a brother-in-law today, Ronny -- my wife's younger brot...

» Environmental Decline: The Culprit
12/04/25 17:40 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
Since delivering the Annual Philosophy Lecture in Malta, there has been a special interest in one...

» Frustrated Officer
11/04/25 21:08 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
In city ministry, there was a man who considered that I was walking on his turf when I approached...

» ‘Get Out!’
11/04/25 11:05 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I had an uncommon experience at the Luqa International Airport in Malta. On my flight, there were...

» Awaiting Webcast
10/04/25 19:38 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
Today I gave what is probably my final input into a video of my Annual Philosophy Lecture in Malt...

» My Escape
09/04/25 17:37 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I am surprised I do not find this on my blog. In 2018, I was abducted at gunpoint, and interrogat...

» Through your eyes
09/04/25 17:22 from Living In Grace
Teresa of Ávila wrote:  "Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no f...

» Travel in Europe
09/04/25 06:24 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
Someone asked me what I thought of travel in Europe today. I replied, "European travel has gone m...

» Sunday Habits
08/04/25 20:39 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
Something that surprised me about a town where wife E and I stayed in Switzerland was that the Ch...

» Willing to wear the crown
08/04/25 15:52 from Living In Grace
Charles Spurgeon once remarked: "Many would be willing to wear a crown, but few are willing to be...

» Super-Wide-Angle Shots
08/04/25 12:05 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I often take photos of scenes to later combine them and create super-wide-angle shots. Here is an...

» Prime (Fixed) Lens
07/04/25 13:06 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I use an 18 mm prime (fixed) lens with my present camera. Before, I briefly owned a fixed lens ca...

» Holism and Environment
07/04/25 12:52 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
My Annual Philosophy Lecture in Malta was multi-faceted. Just a small portion of it focused on en...

» The art of holding on
07/04/25 12:25 from Living In Grace
C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, i...

» The Door Which Works
06/04/25 17:58 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
I arrived home in South Africa from vast travels. It was a most typical homecoming. Aeroplane pas...

» Ethics of Sponsorship
06/04/25 00:53 from Urban Ministry Live And Unplugged
What is the ethics of accepting a (sponsored) invitation to lecture, then doing a side hop? Here'...

» An authentic prayer by Thomas Merton
03/04/25 14:19 from Living In Grace
Prayers can be contrived at times, but they can also be deeply authentic. Take this famous prayer...

» When we have no intention of following through with action
02/04/25 17:30 from Living In Grace
There are few things more annoying than someone who promises to do something and then intentional...

» Self-sufficiency. Is it a good or bad thing?
01/04/25 14:48 from Living In Grace
We live in a world we where have been taught to, 'fend for ourselves', 'don't trust anyone', 'no ...

» An unexpected ending to a dinner party
31/03/25 13:14 from Living In Grace
When Jesus accepted the dinner invitation to Simon the Pharisee's house, I wonder if he had any i...

» Panic. Breathe. Remember. Pray. Move
27/03/25 11:45 from Living In Grace
Panic. Breathe. Remember. Pray. Move. These 5 words could help us when we are confronted by diffi...

» Character
27/03/25 11:06 from An African's Reflections.

» What is God really like?
26/03/25 12:36 from Living In Grace
What is God really like? This question has been on the lips of millions of people over the millen...

» Search me and know my anxious thoughts
25/03/25 16:32 from Living In Grace
I have often felt that this prayer in Psalm 139 has to one of the bravest prayers I know. “Search...

» If you don't know me by now...
24/03/25 13:54 from Living In Grace
The song "If you don't know me by now" was written in the 1970's, but gained world-wide fame in 1...

» The companion
19/03/25 17:26 from Living In Grace
“We may not know exactly where the journey will lead, but we can be sure of who travels with us.”...

» The presence of Christ in the midst of your storm
18/03/25 14:33 from Living In Grace
In Mark's gospel there is a lovely narrative about the disciple's experience in a fierce storm (M...

» A thought for Saint Patrick's Day
17/03/25 18:41 from Living In Grace
The 17th of March is a day that marks the memory of Saint Patrick and this year I am especially s...

» The full Serenity Prayer - a great resource to combat anxiety
13/03/25 14:11 from Living In Grace
I find that using the Serenity prayer is a great way of reducing anxiety in my life. The full ver...

» A great fear for all of us?
12/03/25 16:21 from Living In Grace
What is one of your greatest fears? Tim Keller suggests that one of our fears could be:  to ...

» What do you want?
10/03/25 18:23 from Living In Grace
The question that Jesus asked Andrew and John immediately cut to the heart of the matter. Jesus c...

» What good is it?
09/03/25 07:14 from Living In Grace
There is something special about LENT. I truly believe that being intentional about our preparati...

» Sometimes SILENCE is the most appropriate response!
06/03/25 19:09 from Living In Grace
I was struck by the fact that just after Peter, James and John witnessed the Transfiguration of J...

» A crucial link between the Transfiguration and Lent
05/03/25 09:00 from Living In Grace
It is something that most people assume, but it is well worth highlighting, that Jesus' purpose i...

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