South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post In 2023, Father Ibrahim Faltas opened the first swimming pool in Jerusalem’s Old City after four years of herculanean excavation and construction. Now the 60-year-old Franciscan monk who was born in Alexandria, Egypt, has another towering ambition – to erect a 10m high statue […]
Listening to a recent podcast, Special Forces Commander: The Weird Trick for Overcoming Fear, Anxiety, and Self-doubt!, on the Youtube channel: The Diary Of A CEO. caused the following sentence, spoken by Joncko Willnik, to mill in my mind: “…it depends how you frame it…” As a visual artist, those […]
A column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! As we journey through the intersection of creativity and spirituality, I’ve compiled a list […]
Meet multidisciplinary artist Karin TerBlanche! Since 2010, Karin TerBlanche has operated an artistic teaching studio specialising in oil painting, acrylic painting, drawing, and clay sculpture. This venture followed her tenure managing the Holy Spirit School in Parys, where she recognised the potential for integrating various art forms with spiritual reflection […]
A column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! With Doxa Deo International’s annual theme centering on hope and the Easter production titled […]
A fortnightly column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! I can still hear my grandfather say: “People are like sheep, we were […]
A fortnightly column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! It was an early weekday morning and my calendar reminded me that it […]
A new, fortnightly column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! 1 Thess 5:19-21, says: “Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat […]
An army of prophetic artists is rising, says Bloemfontein artist Marzanne Slabbert. who has gathered creatives from all nine provinces of South Africa to participate in the Time2Rise event outside Bloemfontein at the weekend where Christians are uniting to seek solutions for the nation. She said 23 prophetic artists [see list […]
Artists and creatives from the Western Cape winelands and beyond will be getting together in Wellington for a time of mutual encouragement and refreshing at the eighth annual Artists’ Gathering from September 8 to 10. The theme of this year’s event at the Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality is “Placed”, […]