[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Adam and Eve…How many times have you heard that phrase? We have never heard of Adam and another woman’s name or Eve was with another man. It is always Adam and Eve. In our day with people arguing against homosexuality they say […]
Author: Neziswa Kanju
There is a sure hope in the midst of disappointment
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Approximately 10 years ago, July of 2005, we lost our second child through a miscarriage. The dictionary describes a miscarriage as “a spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss. It is the natural death of an embryo or foetus before it is able to survive […]
Navigating the mists of life
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] The Word says in Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision people perish but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Since 1990 I have been living with short sightedness. My highschool teacher, Mrs Robb, saw that I struggled with seeing […]
Fan the flames of your marriage
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] As we sat around the fire last night as a family –I am sure a scene familiar to so many families around the world in the winter — we watched as the flame started small and with each log added grew bigger […]
Time to appreciate, nurture young ones
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] I have always loved Michael W Smith music and have my favourites. I must admit though that I have not taken the time to learn the stories behind some of his well known songs. At the concert he held last Friday at […]
Gary Chapman — 4 Seasons of Marriage: Book review
Book Review by Neziswa Kanju The 4 Seasons of Marriage is a book from a long list of resources on marriage and family by Gary Chapman. Gary Demonte Chapman (born January 10, 1938) is a relationship counsellor and author of the bestseller The 5 Love Languages series. He is […]
Interfaith prayers for Africa at Ellis Park
[notice]Neziswa Kanju attended the Ellis Park Pentecost prayer rally and Africa Day celebration on Pentecost Sunday. It was disappointingly more political and interfaith than she expected from a recent pre-event report in Gateway News. But it did conclude with heartfelt Christian prayers for the continent.[/notice] Different religious groups gathered at […]
Pressured? Ask for help
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] “I feel under pressure! I feel so under pressure” How many times have we heard these words from others and how many times have we felt the same way? So many people feel stress and feel anxious because of internal or external […]
‘Never, never, give up,’ Kenneth Copeland tells SA believers
Thousands of believers filled Rhema Bible Church in Randburg for the Believers Voice of Victory campaign organised by Kenneth Copeland Ministries Africa from from May 14 to 16, 2015. They came to listen to Kenneth Copeland a man whose television broadcasts have filled their homes for many years and whose […]
Cherish your spouse!
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] CHERISH; a word that couples, the world over, say on their wedding day when they say their vows to each other. They say, “I vow to love, honour and cherish you”. Cherish. I don’t think that many of us take the time […]