South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
This Mother’s Day, as much as my heart longs to, I won’t have the opportunity to spend time with my mom, so I have penned this poem instead, to give expression to the mixed emotions that Mother’s Day can evoke, not just in me but in so many of us: […]
In this past Holy Week, as we contemplated the Lamb that was slain and the price that He paid for the sin of humanity, I was prompted to reflect on the Via Dolorosa in our context — South Africa: The limestone of Jerusalem is polished smooth, Worn by the friction […]
A specific kind of quiet sometimes settles over our home now that we are parenting both a pre-teen and a teenager. It’s different from years gone by when we experienced the silence of a napping toddler; now it’s the heavy, contemplative silence of a house full of bigger bodies, big […]
This year is my firstborn’s final year of high school. Gulp! How did we get here? It is true what they say: The days are long (sometimes!) but (in hindsight) the years are (oh so) short. Yes, I am feeling a little (okay, more than a little) emotional. It is […]
This past Sunday, we held our annual Kids Service, a celebration of the children in our local congregation and an opportunity for them to “take over” the adult service. Afterwards, we shared a meal together and there were fun activities and special treats for the kids. It has become a […]
This past week, the public assassination of American Charles (Charlie) Kirk on September 10 2025 in Utah, USA has dominated the news and our social media feeds. For someone who did not follow him or what he did, I quickly came to learn in the days following his death that […]
Have you ever wondered why some days you have hope in your heart and some days you don’t? I asked myself this question earlier in the week and honestly, I didn’t like the answer. In a nutshell, what it came down to is that my hope for a particular situation […]
Earlier this week I went to bed without realising that in just a few short hours, my tooth, which had never given me a problem, and which hadn’t even been filled, would wake me up in the middle of the night with throbbing pain. After taking some pain medication (which […]
This week as part of Holy Week, our local church congregation has gathered at our venue every day to reflect on the significance of this special time in the life of every believer. On Tuesday evening, we had an opportunity to spend time at three different stations to contemplate each […]
It is a sobering thought but each of us has a finite amount of time to live. I like how the Word of God puts it: “So, teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12) When we understand how short our lives […]