OF PLASTICINE FRIENDS…
I made a friend once, but his head fell off. He was made of plasticine. PICTURE: Eliseeva Ekaterina/www.freeimages.com That’s the thing about plasticine friends, they don’t hurt you as much as real ones can! It’s tempting to give up on the whole friend deal and go play with your Wii. But there’s something about friends – they […]
Haitian Methodists celebrate bicentenary
The Methodist Church of Haiti is celebrating its 200th anniversary. Founded as a mission in 1817, it is the oldest Protestant church in the Caribbean nation. Special events in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, last week drew attention to the church’s history and its contributions to the country. A worship service held Sunday to mark the bicentenary […]
ON THE SCREEN: ‘HIDDEN FIGURES’ CONFRONTS SOME HARD TRUTHS, BOTH HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY
NILS VON KALM finds that ‘Hidden Figures’, set amid the civil rights struggles of the US the 1960s, has much to say to us today…
‘Miracles from Heaven’, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’, ‘The Young Messiah’ and ‘God’s Not Dead 2’ among winners at 25th annual Movieguide Awards in US
Miracles from Heaven, Hacksaw Ridge, The Young Messiah and God’s Not Dead 2 were among the winners at the 25th annual Movieguide Awards in the US last Friday. Hosted by Terry Crews, of Brooklyn 99 fame, the awards are presented to films in two major categories – family audience and mature audience – with the […]
SIGHT-SEEING: WHAT IS THE TRUE MEANING OF MERCY?
US-based scholar MATTHEW SCHMALZ, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the Biblical meaning of mercy…