Recently, I came across a humorous skit on YouTube. It features a conversation between a primary school maths teacher named Ken and the headmaster. The headmaster enters an empty classroom and tries to speak with the teacher, who complains to the headmaster that the children have forgotten everything he taught them before the summer break, making him feel like he’s…

Until the news of his assassination broke, I had never heard of Charlie Kirk. Nor did I look into his life after the tragic event, partly because US mass shootings have sadly become quite commonplace across the pond, and partly because I’m not fond of militant, muscular, politicised Christianity. Taking sides in political disputes would render me unable to minister…

Our American cousins use imperial units of measurement, while our European neighbours employ the metric system. We mixed both together and have created quite a mess. We buy milk and beer by pints, but fill up the car in litres, only to measure the vehicle’s efficiency in miles per gallon. We buy food by the kilogram, but we measure ourselves…

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” On the surface, Jesus’ demands resemble those of a typical cult or sect, where severing ties with family and friends, surrendering one’s wealth and giving total control…