The photo of a neat man in a neat lounge catches my eye and I start reading Mpho Lekalakala’s post on LinkedIn: In 2010, I was a street hawker in Marabastad, Pretoria. I sold cleaning agents and Cool Time ice lollies. I sold my stuff at the Mabopane taxi rank, on the trains, yes, I […]
Read moreI was already an entrepreneur when I was still at school. Not that I knew that was what it was called. As a widow my Mom worked hard to put food on the table, but I had to work for my own pocket money. And I wasn’t afraid of work. One day we got a […]
Read moreDebbie says she grew up in a home where neither of her parents were believers. She never went to church and never heard of Sunday school. She lived live on her terms, without God. She was in and out of relationships. One worse than the other, and as the song goes: Looking for love at […]
Read moreWhy do people argue so easily, often about things we’re not fully informed about? I think it happens that we present it as the truth, and come to believe it so completely that it becomes the truth for us. Then we proclaim it with so much passion that we start influencing other people until they […]
Read moreSuddenly, a strange verse pops up. As if Paul reconsiders. He knows he has taught Timothy so much already, and maybe he has talked a bit too much – maybe it is a bit too much for Timothy to take in with everything he had already written to him. Therefore, this verse: 9You can count […]
Read moreThe Bible often talks about Jesus being the Saviour. And that is so – on the cross, Jesus saved us from our sin. But it is quite interesting that here at the beginning of his letter to Timothy, Paul also calls God the Saviour: 1Under God our Savior’s command … It’s true, God is our […]
Read moreI posted a picture to Instagram of a boxer sitting with his head hanging down between his hands. I’m tired. I can’t go on. I don’t know where to now. I don’t know if there’s anything left to believe in. The heading is simple: Don’t allow hard times to steal your faith. Just that. That […]
Read moreThe other day my son came running in, looking very funny. He had my army helmet (which we called a bucket) on his head and the straps that hold the helmet firmly on your head were swinging loose. His head is far too small for the helmet and he had to swing his whole body […]
Read morePeople don’t like talking about death. It’s not an easy subject that we rather prefer to avoid. That’s true. It’s kind of obvious that death only enters our lives at the end of our lives. The only problem is that we don’t really know when our lives will end, because death can show up at […]
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