Thabani Dube, Zimbabwe Trader
Stories from Zimbabwe abound. We have heard the cholera stories, the state violence stories, the hyper-inflation stories and many, many more. All of them are dispiriting. All of them attest…
Zambia Bishops Speak Out
Zambia remains one of the better governed countries in Africa. At least its institutions of governance work by and large. However, corruption remains an issue despite some gains. Zambia’s courts…
Chant, Prayer and Justice
Sometimes we wonder about the connection between prayer and doing the work of justice. Scrabbling around on the Internet this morning searching for a prayer resource I came across a…
Equinox – our point of balance
Both hemispheres have just passed through equinox. The north is sailing into spring, the south rolling into autumn. Major religious feasts follow this point – Passover for Jews, Easter for…
The Courage to Die Well
These days the media has been focused, at least in the UK, on the tragic death of Jade Goody, a reality TV celebrity, who when diagnosed with cancer decided to…
Bist du bei mir
Solidarity, one of the great words of the last century when we still believed that humanity was fundamentally on an upward trajectory towards the Kingdom of God, social justice, the…
Excommunications Dangereuses
You may remember the film Liaisons Dangereuses. Well, it seems that another equally dangerous territory is that of papal and episcopal excommunications. Relationships, breakups, liaisons, are by definition and experience…
Street Child World Cup Launched
The following article was taken from ‘Ekklesia’ An initiative involving Christian charities and others was launched last night in Westminster to highlight the situation of street children. The Street Child…
Witch Doctors let loose in the Gambia
According to a UN report (IRIN) and Amnesty International, people are living in fear of their lives in The Gambia. I visited The Gambia on a few occasions. It always…