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COASTAL COLLATERAL
(A sequel to “Roller Coaster”) In war, and even out of it, those who resort to aerial bombardment use the term “collateral damage” to explain away the loss of innocent lives, or destruction of non-military targets; as is now happening in Gaza. It is a convenient justification, or escape route, for what should be classified…
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CLIMATE CHANGE – A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE
Is there a Christian perspective to Climate Change (CC)? If there isn’t, there should be, because Christians, at least notionally, constitute 50 % of the world’s population. Secondly, some of the worst polluters are industrialised nations that have a Christian history. Thirdly, some of the most densely populated countries in the southern hemisphere are Christian,…
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
For the likes of Tom Cruise, James Bond, Superman, Batwoman or our own desi Shaktiman, there is no such thing as impossible. These superheroes can attain or achieve anything. The word “impossible is also not to be found in God’s lexicon. “What is impossible for man is possible for God” (Lk 18:27). What about us…
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DOGGED BY WAR
In India it is common to see street dogs chasing two-wheelers. When someone or something is persistently chased by another the phenomenon is called “being dogged by something”. With the latest flare up between Israel and the Hamas, following closely on the heels of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one is constrained to conclude that…
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Your play on the words scribe, scribble, scrabble and scramble is very apt and has neatly traced the route to…
I really envy the depth of your scriptural knowledge and its sitz in laben , unfortunately I sing the hymn…
Thank you for this insightful piece. Your parallel between the biblical scribes and modern bureaucracies hits the nail on the…
Quantum of sorrow appropriate title Just thinking of the trauma those Altar boys r going through
The term ‘Laity’ (Greek word) that means the common man, devoid of knowledge or power, still holds good today in…