I have as much of a sense of humour as the next person. And God does too. I have no problem laughing about religion, with religion, at religion… And God is the same. God is bigger than most people’s pride, dignity, and egotism. But I do get concerned when God is trivialised; when, with great
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Pope Benedict had started drafting an encyclical on faith to complete the trilogy, on the three theological virtues, Deus Caritas Est (2005) on charity and Spe Salvi (2007) on hope. On July 5 Pope Francis released Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith). He writes, “[Pope Benedict XVI] himself had almost completed a first draft of
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I was speaking to a Polish couple in a cafe recently. They both had a wedding ring on. On their right hand. We started chatting about that, and it led me to do some research: In Austria, Chile, Colombia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Denmark, India, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, and Venezuela the wedding ring is worn
We’ve been discussing the story here recently: mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent, reporting for the Daily Planet, in the city of Metropolis, is really Superman pretending to be a weak, ordinary human being like me; but really he has come to this planet from out there and with his superpowers he will save us all from
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OK, so it’s a viral advertising campaign by a mobile phone company. Less than one minute. “Why should the Devil have all the best tunes?”! And in our (newish) context: Why should the Devil have all the best viral videos? Why should the Devil have all the best social media? Why should the Devil have
Is Warner Brothers proclaiming a false Christ? And why? I went to see the movie Man of Steel. It’s fine enough as a movie in that superhero genre. But the main distraction for me was the heavy-handed, in-your-face Bible story, Jesus story. We realise that the original superman comic books were the creation of two
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This year, on 4 December, it is the 50th anniversary of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium), the first document promulgated by Vatican II. I was invited to write a reflection from an Anglican perspective for Liturgy, the Roman Catholic Auckland Diocesan Liturgy Centre publication. I am grateful that they are happy for
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