Is Violence Always Evil?
Violence is easily recognized as evil when it is directed against us. It is however more difficult to recognize it as such when it is our own violence directed against […]
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Facing a Life-Threatening Attack.
It was 1998 in a very turbulent South Africa. As I opened the front door and shouted to our dog, Mandy, to keep quiet as she had been barking incessantly,
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Authenticity and Imitation
Many popular slogans instruct us to be authentic by refusing to imitate others: Be yourself, everyone else is taken; You were born an original, don’t die a copy. etc. What
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Before and After René Girard
“… my life is divided into two parts—before my encounter with René Girard, and after.” Jean-Michel Oughourlian (1) I remember reading this about a year ago and thinking: that is
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And Our Eyes Were Opened … Part 13 in The Scripture Series
The problem of interpretation is nothing new. It was as important to the first believers as it is today. The road to Emmaus is a brilliant piece of literature in
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Swallowed Whole, No Questions Asked? Part 12 In The Scriptures Series. (by Dave Griffiths)
In the 1999 film ‘Fight Club’, Edward Norton’s character has an epiphany. Sobbing into Meat Loaf’s weirdly ample bosom, he confesses ‘I let go… I found freedom. Losing all hope