What’s on your Christmas list?
Question: Isn’t making out a Christmas list kind of crass? Shouldn’t we be more concerned to give than to get at Christmastime? Answer: I agree that “it is more blessed […]
Question: Isn’t making out a Christmas list kind of crass? Shouldn’t we be more concerned to give than to get at Christmastime? Answer: I agree that “it is more blessed […]
How well do you wait? Sunday marked the beginning of Advent and, once again, I find myself writing Advent post here at Wondering Fair. In the past, I’ve written about […]
“The people shall share the nation’s wealth.” Really? This optimistic slogan—painted post-apartheid—spanned a 20 metre bridge I recently crossed on the outskirts of Cape Town. Pastor Phumezo picks me up in […]
For many, Christmas is now over: the presents are opened, the meal is eaten, the carols are sung, and it is time to start thinking about packing Christmas away until […]
August was world breastfeeding month, which meant that breastfeeding―and controversies surrounding feeding (especially in public) helped fill the slow, late-summer news cycles. But the stories have continued into the fall. […]
When it comes to judging books by covers, what would happen were we to be judged by the names of fragrances we wear? I can scarcely think of another format […]
While shopping today, my three-year-old pointed to a Christmas tree and asked, “why can’t people wait for Christmas”? She didn’t ask it critically but out of curiosity, interrogating the expression […]
With Jesus’ arrival, God came to us and offered a truce.
Another Advent season is upon us, and with it come the predictable laments about the crass commercialism and overconsumption of the season. These laments are (mostly) good and appropriate and, […]
The Christian year begins on Sunday, December 2nd this year, with the beginning of Advent—so for western Christians, now is the time to take stock of the year past and […]