Monthly Archives: July 2008
A story about a treasure chest
Yesterday I visited some really special friends. They are actually more than just friends. We’ve always viewed them as our American grandparents and they us as their African grandchildren. Our lives got intertwined in our three years of living in…
Trip report 1 – Sitting in Heathrow
Last night Trevor and I left for Colorado. Our trip has two legs. The first from Johannesburg to London. I’m typing this in the pause before the second leg. London to Denver and then to Colorado Springs. Trevor calls this…
A treasure, a pearl and Amazon’s Kindle
When was the last time you really wanted to buy something? I’m not talking about accidental buys, the kind that usually happens when ‘window shopping’ turns into ‘window hostage taking’. The buying I’m referring to is the kind that is…
Bonhoeffer’s ‘Cost of Discipleship’ – a question of translation
I’m busy working my way through John Stackhouse’s brilliant (so far) book, “Making the best of it”. In one whole chapter he discusses Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s thoughts on the Christian’s involvement with culture. In a sub-heading entitled “Discipleship” Stackhouse writes the…
