Life isn’t easy! It’s as if every second person is suffering from cancer. Car accidents keep getting bigger and bigger and wreak incredible havoc. Without prior notice, the sun sets over people’s financial landscape causing a disaster. Suddenly we learn words like palliative care. People stand in long queues at the MRI scanning machine. My […]
Read moreMarika, our administrative righthand, works very, very hard, and I’m so grateful I could give her an increase. But what a shocker to see how much of the increase goes into her pocket and how much to the receiver of revenue. Yes, I know we have to pay tax, but eish, it’s like paying a […]
Read moreGod and Jesus’ plan to save the world from eternal damnation was not an easy one. It brought enormous hurt and suffering. That Jesus had to leave heaven was already a terrible thing. I don’t think people can really understand how hard it must’ve been for Jesus as God to “descend” and get into human […]
Read moreAt one stage of my life I entered for every competition under the sun. I really wanted to win something. I longed to go and pick up a package with my name on it from the post office. I could already imagine how I would open the package and take out my amazing gift, but […]
Read more1 Corinthians 15:35-58 In the previous piece I made a somewhat wild statement. It’s quite natural to be a bit afraid of a new body; it’s natural to be afraid of the unfamiliar. No, we know we’re going to heaven, but we don’t really know what will happen there and uncertainty brings with it a […]
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