Ephesians 5:6-18 It’s not always easy to distinguish between right and sort-of just left of right. Teenagers often do not understand what is wrong about downloading a song from YouTube. It’s not stealing. Everybody does it. What’s wrong with doing it? Sometimes I like being a couch potato, just sitting there mindlessly watching an action […]
Read moreEphesians 5:1-5 I was looking for Casper’s programme on CliffCentral the other day. I wanted to listen to someone who was going to be on his show. Before the start of the programme a female voice said: If you are sensitive to topics like science or religion, we cordially invite you to f*off. Man, that […]
Read more(Earlier this week as I read the title of this piece of writing for Crossroad, written a few years ago, it gave me quite a shock. You see, it is my cousin that we buried this morning in Wellington. Mother to four children, and murdered just like that last week. We’ve been looking at forgiveness […]
Read moreI received this moving witness from Rita: I have struggled long and hard with this thing called forgiveness. You see, my little girl was molested and I think that must be every parent’s biggest fear and nightmare! But we got through it with God’s grace and we are mostly healed. During the court case and […]
Read moreSome time ago a friend of mine told me how much he was suffering. Someone forced himself into his life and pushed a wedge between him and his mother. In fact, that person stole his mother from him and erased everything that up to now had been good and beautiful as if with an enormous […]
Read moreThings that drive you up the wall happen often. People do things that from my perspective are plain stupid. People make wrong choices and I’m often left holding the baby. And here it is: The boy left his clothes on the bathroom floor AGAIN. Who does he think is going to pick it up? Just […]
Read moreIn the middle of the pericope Paul calls a halt. Sort of like a sandwich: two slices of bread with something in the middle. The first slice is the verses telling us not to lie, not to become angry, not to give the devil a hold, not to steal, and not to tell dirty jokes. […]
Read moreMany times in my life I’ve said things that I should rather not have said. As the words slip out of my mouth I realise it’s not the right thing to say at the time and then I want to grab them one by one to push them back inside my mouth, but, unfortunately, it’s […]
Read moreLittle Johny and his family were eating Sunday lunch with Grandma. When everybody was seated at the table Grandma started dishing up. When Johny got his plate, he started eating immediately. “Johny, please!” said his mother. “Please wait until we’ve said grace.” “I don’t have to,” he said immediately. “But you must!” said his mother. […]
Read moreI saw a very good short film that started off with a man who was working on his own late at night making photo copies. One page came out of the photo copier with a big black spot on it nearly covering the whole page. The man, let’s call him Frank, was confused by the […]
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