People often ask me if I would be a referee on their CVs. For some I do it with pleasure, for others with some hesitance, because you have to be honest when someone calls you asking you to give a reference for the person. When someone enquires about someone who didn’t really pull their weight, […]
Read moreMy wife had a serious talk with me. I had to correct someone close to me. He was getting out of hand and she felt that as his friend, I had to talk to him about it. Friends have to help one another stay on track. I must confess I did not agree with her. […]
Read moreI am the youngest of six children. I wasn’t part of the plan, but that’s a story for another day. We’re a close-knit bunch, probably because our father and oldest brother passed away early in our lives. Every other year around Christmas we all go to the Cederberg Mountains. We braai and make a potjie. […]
Read moreTemptations are part of the package. We all have a business card and under our name, it says: Child of God. Such a shame that many of us are shy and hide the card from the people around us, but that’s a story for another day. We need to know is that if you have […]
Read moreThe front doorbell went. I got up slowly from my desk. Our front door has glass, and I could see who was waiting at the gate. I noticed it was a stranger and quickly moved to the right so the person couldn’t see me. Most probably, it was somebody begging again. I waited a while […]
Read morePeter (not his real name) was walking in the streets of New York, asking customers at street cafes for a piece of pizza. He hadn’t eaten in a long time and was very hungry. He tried with several people, but everybody chased him away. Then he went to a beggar sitting tiredly next to a […]
Read moreThis is the second part of Tert’s story. Herman is writing it down: In the first part of the story, the beggar told of how someone had prayed for him and how he had been cured of alcoholism. “So, how on earth did you find me?” Tert asked him. “Well, you see, I had a […]
Read moreTert told the story of the day he had breakfast with a former homeless person, and Herman wrote it down: “You see”, said the former homeless person, “I was an alcoholic for 18 years. Eight of those years I was living on the streets. I lost my job, my fiancé kicked me out; I basically […]
Read moreIt’s Father’s Day and again I’m awake early. I scroll through my Facebook feed and stop at a wonderful post by a friend in praise of her dad. I quote a few of the 20 things she highlighted: My Dad who starts every meal (three times a day) holding hands and saying grace! My Dad […]
Read moreI saw a cartoon of Moses and his friend fishing in the river. Moses’ line is quite deep in the water, but the stream had dammed up where his friend had thrown in his line, and it was now on a strip of dry land. Moses’ friend looked at him and said: “That’s not funny, […]
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