seraphimsigrist recently posted a poll on spiritual heartlands,showing pictures of Radonezh in Russia which is more or less the home of Russian monasticism, and asked readers to think of similar places in their own countries.

In trying to think of such places in South Africa, one that came to mind was Marishane, the site of the martyrdom of Manche Masemola, which ( Read more... )

It's synchroblog time again -- that's when a group of Christian bloggers write on roughly the same topic on the same day.

This time the theme is "Persecution and the suffering church", and if you are interested, you can find my contribution here: Notes from underground: The martyrs of EpingaIt tells the story of a group of Anglicans in Namibia who ( Read more... )