We’ve been camping in the Southern Cape for years and, with a few exceptions, we always have the same neighbours. We’ve become good friends and our families know each other well. One day, my son remarked how much one son was like his father and the other, like his mother. Not only in the way […]
Read moreA relationship is a room or space where people can be themselves. It is a holy place where people dare to reach out to one another, help one another, and even correct one another. If the holy space does not surround and unite people, they do not have a say in one another’s lives. Then […]
Read moreThey say you gain wisdom as you grow older. It’s so true. I did many things as a young man that I would never ever do today. Like my motorbikes. I had no fear. Took chances and drove much too fast. I have goosebumps when I think about that today. The angels had to work […]
Read moreOne’s just chugging along in life until something pushes a stop sign in your face and you come to a standstill with screeching brakes. This is where you’re forced to stop, to take a look at your life and ask whether you are going in the right direction. Like the world was literally and figuratively […]
Read moreHow would you answer this question: What did Jesus do for you on the cross on Golgotha? Most people say that He died for their sins or that He was punished for the sin they had committed. Those answers are correct, but Jesus actually achieved much more on the cross than just dying for our […]
Read more3Guide older women (and men) into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. The Good News Translation says we should behave as people who live a holy life. Many of us shy away from the word “holy”, because we don’t qualify to be called holy. We […]
Read moreWe are considering what a leader in the church should look like. However, we ought to know that everyone who is a child of God should make these characteristics part of his or her life. These characteristics are actually a way of life: 8 … be helpful, wise, fair, reverent … So, what does it […]
Read moreAt the beginning of the letter Paul said that he was praying for the readers, the people of Thessalonica. Now he puts it in practice: 23May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together—spirit, soul, and body—and keep you fit for the coming of our […]
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