Sometimes I wonder why one sins. Is it because it’s fun? Is this the easiest path to follow? Is it one’s way of doing things that makes you do the wrong things more easily? It’s as if your default is to sin. God didn’t make us that way. I suspect that it was Adam and […]
Read moreWe’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 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 […]
Read moreIf your child or a loved one came to you asking the following question, what would your honest answers be: Are you holy, impeccable and unblemished? Well, I know myself very well and, unfortunately, I wouldn’t be able to answer yes to any of the three. I suspect, like all of us, you too would […]
Read moreA friend of mine gave me a few kilograms of olives to bottle. But bottling olives is not a simple job. First you have to get rid of the bitterness. I normally choose to take the long method. For months on end the water has to be replaced daily. And as the old water is […]
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