And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 27, 2008
Who is My Neighbour?
January 19, 2008
Paradox
Come February 4 2008, Dietrich Bonhoeffer would have been 102 years old. Actually, he never lived past 100. He didn’t even live past 40. He died in April 9, 1945, at the gallows of the Flossenburg concentration camp.
The concentration camp was to be liberated by Allied Forces a few days later.
“What a shame,” we thought. “God [...]
January 3, 2008
The Still Life
Next to being fond of writing, it has got to be photography. Which is an irony; because I’m not that keen in both when I am younger.
I remembered taking a picture of my friend using a compact film camera a decade ago, and it turned out to be a complete disaster. The window behind her [...]
January 2, 2008
Death-mocracy
The year ended with a bang, literally, on someone’s head. Extremists and tyrants seemed to have done it again, and got away with it too. The latest victim was Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s illustrious opposition voice.
Which is an irony, as Pakistan is supposed to be democratic country. Yet, one can get herself killed simply by sitting [...]
