WARNING: NOT FOR SENSITIVE READERS On Tuesday, I received this moving testimony from Estelle du Plooy and I share it with her permission: Half past eight that morning our gardener asked me for some food. As usual I gave him a plate of good food and a mug of coffee. He sat down on the […]
Read moreEphesians 5:1-5 The Bible is very dynamic – nearly 2000 years old and you can still not pin it down 100%. There are so many interpretations, so many different opinions. People can become quite fiery in putting forward their arguments. I think the Bible will never be exhausted. People will never be able to understand […]
Read moreEphesians 5:1-5 2Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that. That’s all … That’s enough … That’s more than enough … Reflection Is it really enough? Is it really all […]
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 moreAt the first wine estate where I was employed as farm manager we sowed rye in the vineyards in autumn. The idea was not to harvest the rye, but rather to work it into the soil as an organic fertiliser. The soil was mostly sandy and therefore we used a rotavator to work the crop […]
Read moreOnce when I was still a small boy I went to the corner shop by myself. The droëwors made my mouth water and I couldn’t stop myself breaking off a piece and eating it. While I was chewing the shop attendant came round the corner and caught me! I immediately started crying from the fright […]
Read moreIron ore is melted at very high temperatures. The process releases all the dirt, which can then be removed easily. After cooling, the end product is clean steel. While it is still iron ore, it contains a lot of dirt, but it is not visible. Only after it has been heated, the dirt becomes visible […]
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