Frances Correia's blog

As we approach 2010 the impetus to establish a safe reliable and controlled form of public transport is nearing its first implementation phase. This week we will for the first time be able to use the new BRT buses in the city centre.

I have been in one of those bad spaces in my life lately where things just keep going wrong.

In the last few weeks our various political parties have been putting out their manifestos. As I read them different emotions are stirred up in me. Primarily anger. The 1994 elections were a time of real hope and enthusiasm for the future. By contrast these 2009 elections leave me feeling despondent. The ANC’s manifesto sounds inspiring in its focus on the alleviation of poverty and its frequent reference to their past achievements. Yet I fear that behind the rhetoric of being there for the poor, they really are and have been a middle class party with primarily middle class concerns.

Christian Theology is all about what we think or believe about God. Christian Spirituality is what we do with that knowledge. How do we relate to God? How does what we believe change who we are and what we do? Within this, Ignatian spirituality is apostolic - it concerns choices, how moment by moment we are being invited to choose to more radically follow Christ in every thing that we do. It’s very practical and is focused not just on our relationship with God but also on our mission as Christians.