Coming Out of Our Exile

Practical Theology, 2020

2022

Extraordinary Celebrations for Extraordinary Catholics is chock-full of creative ideas for Independent Catholic clergy and lay leaders interested in growing their Eucharistic communities-as well as for leaders of Roman Catholic communities desiring to inject their communities with energy and creativity! The author shares tips for each Sunday of the liturgical year, including ideas for decorating the worship environment, thoughts on celebrating the liturgy of the day, the thread that runs through all four Sunday scriptures, and "holy humor" guaranteed to grab your listeners' attention! Woven throughout the work are ideas for celebrating the Church's saints, the spiritual leaders and authors of our world, and the important people and events in the very fascinating history of Independent Catholicism!

Manna Rafflesia

Theological discussions related to the post-pandemic condition of the church have attracted significant attention. Generally speaking, those discussions focus on the mode of worship in the future: whether to remain online, back offline or adopt the hybrid mode of worship. In this article, the authors argue that the mode of worship in the post-pandemic condition should not be seen as operative per se, but it should be based on a deep reflection of the church on what is the essence of worship and how could the church reflect it to the congregations in the church and the world outside the church. To reflect the Gospel appropriately, the church should seek to revitalize worship in the post-pandemic condition. This article suggests that such a revitalization could be achieved through constructing a thanksgiving liturgy. The post-pandemic condition could be seen as a suitable opportunity for the church to reflect its joy and gratitude for the grace of God that renews and heals the creation.

Maynooth College reflects on COVID-19 New Realities in Uncertain Times, 2021

2023

Extraordinary Celebrations for Extraordinary Catholics is chock-full of creative ideas for Inclusive Catholic clergy and lay leaders interested in growing their Eucharistic communities--as well as for leaders of Roman Catholic communities desiring to inject their communities with energy and creativity! The author shares tips for each Sunday of the liturgical year, including ideas for decorating the worship environment, thoughts on celebrating the liturgy of the day, the thread that runs through all four Sunday scriptures, and "holy humor" guaranteed to grab your listeners' attention! Woven throughout the work are ideas for celebrating the Church's saints, the spiritual leaders and authors of our world, and the important people and events in the very fascinating history of Inclusive/Independent Catholicism!

Encounter: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Reflections of Faith and Life , 2022

The term "parish" does not stand merely for the building where people come together for worship, instead, it stands for a community of the faithful. From this renewed understanding of the term "parish", the author brings the readers' attention to the changes that took place in society. With these changes in society, the traditional structures of the parish system become outdated. Thereby the author also proposes certain practical steps to renew the parish system today.

STJ | Stellenbosch Theological Journal

This article reflects on how the COVID-19 pandemic gives the church an opportunity to reconsider what the centre of God’s mission is for the congregation. It will engage on the implications of its reflections for public practical theology and congregational development. Spurred by an electronic opinion poll carried out by the author on six focus groups on WhatsApp platforms, averaging 200 participants each, during the lockdown days in Ghana, the question was put, “What one thing do you miss about church during the lock down period?” Majority of respondents mentioned communal fellowship (Konoinia) as the most missed aspect of congregational life. This article reflects on suggestions engendered by this observation and how it helps congregations to discern what makes them relevant to their members. Thus, helping congregations to envision the future, invoke dreams of a new creation where a return to normality will birth a world in which the church would take a new shape, presenting a fr...

The Wheel, 2021

A short essay that draws on material presented in Oslo, Norway in December 2018.

Academia Engineering, 2023

In this study we examine the situation at which a valve is closed against fluid flow in a long pipeline. The solution here obtained shows that the closure of the valve divided the flow region in the pipeline into several zones. Each zone is separated from the other one by two moving boundaries. One boundary is the upstream moving boundary and the other one is the downstream moving boundary. The dependence between the closing rate of the valves and the number of flow zones, that are created in the pipeline, was also presented, In addition to this, a calibration method that use the above mentioned dependency, was presented.