Philosophy
Teenage affluenza
Friday, March 13th, 2009Of our four children, two are teenagers. Even though they were born and spent much of their early childhood in a so called “third-world-country”, today I find them to be quite “westernised”. This while being quite acceptable to us as parents, has it’s inherent attributes which we need to be aware of as seen in [...]
Institutionalised Christianity vs. the Church
Saturday, February 14th, 2009I believe that Institutional churches are important, and will remain important. However, I also realise that it is quite a challenge to be relevant so that they do not become a thing of the past. In order to accomplish this, many of those churches must adapt and not conform to the changing culture around us.
Black and white in a grey world!!!
Friday, November 21st, 2008As my lovely wife points out (see Peta’s muse), the events surrounding the US presidential elections have been nothing short of a saga in itself. Seldom have I seen people globally have such strong and potentially volatile views on a particular event as this. I have a few questions though….
If Obama were white, would he [...]
Questions?
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Our youngest son who just turned 4 seems to have mastered a subtle form of torture by the way he says “but why?” whenever his mother or I ask him to do something particularly unsuited to his extremely strong will. I have now come to understand that this is something kids never actually grow out [...]
Do I go to church…. or…. be the church!
Sunday, May 4th, 2008Mostly due to a change in career I made recently, I have had the opportunity to ponder upon many issues facing life in general, but none so piercingly as finding the balance between self, family, God, church and ministry. How many of us are so busy with the work of the “church” to become [...]
THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008This…. attributed to George Carlin….
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;
we spend more, but have less;
we buy more, but enjoy it less.