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Whereas it’s summer in South Africa and no hunting season, the northern hemisphere is in the middle of good hunting – even around Christmas. I remember big deer still in their skin hanging at butcher shops in Hessian villages and also … Continue reading →

Im Zeitalter moderner Kommunikationsmittel sollte es unmoeglich sein, so zu tun als ob es nur diese Elite-Schule fuer diesen afrikanischen Kontinent gibt. Frueher war Ft.Hare in der Transkei  (http://ufh.ac.za) tatsaechlich eine solche einzigartige Uni an der eine ganze Reihe der … Continue reading →

Elke Naters, die jetzt einen Artikel fuer die FAZ geschrieben hat (via Humoristen in Südafrika: Vorurteile aus dem Weg lachen – Feuilleton – FAZ) gilt nach Wikepedia als Vertreterin der Popliteratur. Deswegen und vielleicht, weil sie nur am Zipfel Afrikas in … Continue reading →

My grandfather said years ago: “If you visit SA for the 1st time, you write novels. After 15 years you’re bound to scratch together an essay and after a lifetime here, you’re hesitant to even venture a sentence or two, … Continue reading →

“A world in one country” – that was the motto for SA Tourism for quite some time – obviously ages ago. This again goes a long way to prove it. There are many ways of celebrating Christmas and in the … Continue reading →

  “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. O LORD, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to you the … Continue reading →

“Jesu, nimm Dich Deiner Glieder ferner in Genaden an; schenke, was man bitten kann, zu erquicken Deine Brüder; gib der ganzen Christenschar Frieden und ein selig Jahr. Freude, Freude über Freude: Christus wehret allem Leide. Wonne, Wonne über Wonne: Er ist die Gnadensonne.” (Christian Keimann 1646)

              Do yourself a favor and listen to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach composed to accompany these favorite words by Paul Gerhardt, 1653 (1607-1676):  1. Ich steh an deiner Krippe hier, O Jesu du … Continue reading →

Here is the Lutheran order for the divine service for Christmas Day with a sermon by late Dean Dube on 1.Joh.3,1-6 in both isiZulu and seTswana. May the triune God hear our prayer: “O God, You make us glad with … Continue reading →

The Roman Catholic Church is blessed with a bright and lucid theologian as pope in Benedict XVI. It is fascinating to see the various elements of catholic authority: dogmatic tradition, papal authority and the episcopal synod balance each other alternately. Whereas in … Continue reading →