ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS REFLECTIONS AND ACTIVITY
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ACT, ACTOR, ACTION, ACTIVISM, ACTIVIST
I’m playing around with words around ACT. It is a verb, “to act,” but can also be a noun of course, an act, or the act. All these words show subtle differences. Some bring to mind just doing, others doing good although not necessarily, even playing...
GROWING GREEN – PRAISE GOD!
Is the world likely to grow a little greener after the eventful two weeks of COP 26, or more likely to take up that baton from COP 15? COP 26 was the UN Climate Change conference held in Glasgow from 1-13 November. COP15 was the Biodiversity...
“STAY ANGRY” OR IS THERE ANOTHER WAY?
Handing in of the Healthy Planet Healthy People petition at COP26 COP 26, the latest in the annual series of Conferences of world leaders to deal with climate change is being held in Glasgow in Scotland and hosted by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. It has...
DAY BY DAY
Some years ago “Day by Day” was our theme song for the year, a simple little song, a real prayer: "Dear Lord three things I pray, To see thee more clearly, love thee more dearly, follow thee more nearly.” Today it is as relevant as ever. The SA Local elections...
PRAYERS FOR BEREAVEMENTS AND LOSS
A Family Bereavement Prayer. God our Father, we remember in prayer those we have loved and had a special place in our hearts and in our lives and are now no longer here with us. We thank you, Lord, for the time you have given us to share together the gift of life. ...
NOVEMBER OVERVIEW: LOSS AND FAMILY ENDINGS.
November is traditionally a month when the Church prays for those who have died. While that is very valuable there is much more to loss, even to loss through death and family endings. Loss is inevitable in life and comes in many forms; death, divorce, or in less...
HEALTHY PEOPLE, HEALTHY PLANET or vice versa?
Doesn’t our focus move from one to the other; people and planet? When it’s election time we do focus more on peoples’ needs but then COP26 is happening at the same time as our 1 November local election. COP 26 is mostly focusing on the planet, but on behalf of the...
WWJD IN SOUTH AFRICA ON 1 NOVEMBER 2021?
(In case you don’t know, WWJD stands for “What Would Jesus Do?) How does one discuss an important topic like voting, but maybe also a sensitive one, in families? For many families, it might not even have been discussed over the years, with us just...
DIVERSITY IN OUR WORLD OF FAMILIES
I'm engaged in some research on family diversity for a project, but became distracted by the opening event of COP 15, THE BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE, part 2 of the UN international conference on biodiversity, which has just opened in China. It is one of the two...
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