The planetary parade is over. Last Friday night was the best opportunity to see seven planets across the night sky. Ok, you needed binoculars or telescope to see two planets (Uranus and Neptune) but the other five (Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, and Saturn) were…
The invasion of Ukraine is sadly the media moment. What is it about? Who says the answer? It is not the only conflict happening in the world. I am unsure how many people are aware of the conflict in Yemen – now in its…
I am feeling nostalgic. Charlotte and I saw the London premiere of the Australian film ‘Ladies in Black’ (and yes, if you get a chance to see it, do so). I very much enjoyed the film set in a big department store in Sydney…
The disclaimer went, ‘The views expressed in this article are not endorsed by and do not in any way represent the opinions of ’. Ok, I get that. Then I read ‘They should also not be taken to express the views of…
You feel for people who are doing it tough. I think particularly of refugees. And I’m not persuaded at all that using other names or terminology to describe them helps anyone since if someone claims refuge or sanctuary from us then that is how…
I enjoyed visiting Wittenberg last weekend. (I didn’t like the freezing cold!) The place was pretty well deserted and all my previous years’ experience of dealing with crowds was given a refreshing rest. We could explore St Mary’s (the town church), the Melanchthon House,…
The headline did its job. It got my attention. It was an article on the competing issues that surround val-ues and laws in a democracy. Religions have points of views and practices that go with them. For good order, all societies do. So what…
I picked up the latest edition of the New Testament in Greek this week. It is the Nestle-Aland 28th edition (and I immediately liked it … because it has bigger print than the 27th edition!). The 28th edition incorpo-rates the ongoing research and work…
