Is Simon Peter famous or infamous? To be proud or to be ashamed of? Two sides of the same coin? Every year around Easter (and any other time of a year) his famous 'infamous' story of denying Jesus three times is told and retold. The moral lessons to be learned; the wisdom and compassion…Read more Traitors, doubters, lovers, pragmatists, self-righteous, dreamers at God’s table
Month: March 2018
Answering before listening is both stupid and rude
This nugget of wisdom comes from the book of Proverbs (18:13). In the same chapter you will find that "Fools care nothing for thoughtful discourse; all they do is run off at the mouth." I can be both. Stupid and rude. And few other adjectives if you ask people who know me the best. My…Read more Answering before listening is both stupid and rude
Facebook and the conundrum of hate speech
"As far as the Myanmar situation is concerned, social media is Facebook, and Facebook is social media", said Marzuki Darusman, chairman of the U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. "I can't live with or without you", I considered such title but decided it would be too much. Facebook is a thing, not a person.…Read more Facebook and the conundrum of hate speech
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