South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
You might have seen the video of a young man calling his fellow youth to pray for South Africa last week. If not take a look at this: The young man in that video is Themba Lethu. His call for a National Youth Day of Prayer spread like wildfire. When […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. I’m writing a book I should’ve written long ago. At one point, while typing away, I felt, ‘Oh my! I can’t believe I’m telling this story- again! ” For the first time in many years I was tired (and bored) […]
I can see you cringe at my heading — or maybe you’re chuckling — either way it’s going to be a fun article … I hope. A while ago I asked our editor here at Gateway News, Andre Viljoen, if I could write articles around the nutrition/health connection. So here […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Have you made the decision to do what you feel you should do in this life? I don’t mean the half-hearted, maybe one day someday, wishy washy, decision. I mean the “yes-I’m-doing-it”, all-in, holding-nothing-back kind of decision. Turns out until […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Often we disqualify ourselves from pursuing our dreams because we believe the lie that somehow we’re not able. We look at others getting ahead, fulfilling great things, while we’re on the slow track — to nowhere. We feel inadequate and […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Have you ever given yourself entirely to something and it didn’t work out the way you’d hoped? Maybe you loved someone — gave them and the relationship everything you possibly knew to give — and they still left you. Or […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. What a whirlwind few weeks we’ve undergone as a country! For the first time in a very long while, last week, South Africa seemed united: First in what seemed like an overwhelming majority of the country being ecstatic that former […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. As school reopens for many this week I’m reminded of my time in school. One year, as school was about to reopen, I broke out in terrible sores all over my hands and arms. My parents tried everything they could to […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. As 2017 comes to a close, I’m finding strange comfort in the realisation that I am not the only one who had a tough year. Last week I could feel myself coming undone — I went through a roller coaster […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Coming from a media background, for years my career was about being seen and helping others promote themselves via media channels. So entrenched was this culture that I’d even carried it into my ministry. Until one day God told me […]