A picture of power
The photographer Platon has published a book of pictures called ‘Power.’ Over some twenty years he has photographed many of the world’s most powerful leaders, the good, the bad, the […]
Tag Archives: Jesus
Love for Bin Laden?
The news cycle for the last week and a half has been saturated with the events surrounding the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Besides being a probable game changer in […]
Light and Darkness
I admire the artist Charlie Mackesy’s ability to create lifelike images of people and places with just a piece of charcoal on paper (www.charliemackesy.com). His ‘Boy from Malawi’ is a […]
Imperial Politics vs Democracy
In my last Wondering Fair article, I discussed how inconvenience sometimes aids credibility, particularly for politicians. Similarly, I suggested that Jesus has credibility because He says a lot of inconvenient […]
Choosing Credibility over Convenience
Recently, the Australian Labor government announced an emissions trading scheme. The validity of the scheme has been debated since, but perhaps of more interest has been the response by the […]
In Sickness and In Faith
I think about food a lot, probably more than most people. I read the ingredients list on every item of food I buy, even packets of sweets and chewing gum. […]
The Secret
Maybe it was a simple curiosity which led me to watch a movie entitled The Secret, a few days ago. The arresting trailer had promised to unveil the secret that […]
Crossroads
Travelling through Gambia in 2001, I came to a crossroads: four lanes converging, traffic lights at the intersection, cars and commotion. It happened to be one of the country’s latest […]
Spain, Rocky and Turns
On the 11th of July the Empire State Building was exceptionally lit up in red and yellow. Why? To pay tribute to Spain’s first victory in the World Cup (the sporting […]
On Writing, Writings and Reading
Socrates: For, to some degree, I fear that writing has a quality that is truly like painting. For the offspring of the latter stand as though living but if one […]
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