South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today Singer Lady Gaga has hit back at a Catholic blogger who insinuated she is a hypocrite for sharing her Christian faith while living an “obscene life”. The 30-year-old challenged the author of an article entitled ‘From Lady Gaga to Steph Curry: 5 Things to Remember […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] The leader opened the Service with these unusual and insightful words: “Let’s stand for the Word of God, as we sing our opening Hymn: ‘Holy, Holy, […]
Originally published in Christian Today U2 musician Bono has criticised modern Christian music for its ‘lack of honesty’. The comments came out of a conversation with Eugene Peterson, a pastor and theologian best known for the “Message” translation of Bible. They discussed the poetry of the scriptures and in particular […]
Originally published in Charisma News Like so many around the world, I too was in shock and disbelief when I heard the news. Prince, at the age of 57, had died. I was instantly transported back to 1990. There I sat, 20 years old, cross-legged on the hardwood floor of […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] God wants Variety in the Songs we sing. Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs — He wants to hear them all. Whatever the genre of our […]
[notice] A monthly column in which Kwakanya Nazo shares stories, interviews and testimonies of young people from all walks of life who are radical for Jesus and live to see change and transformation in and around them.[/notice] Khayalakhe, Mr. Worship Song, Skosana – singer, songwriter, vocal coach amongst many others […]
World renowned worship leader Don Moen and award winning South African musician Loyiso Bala will be collaborating on more songs than ‘How Great Thou Art’, they disclosed at a recent media briefing in Johannesburg. At the briefing at which media had an opportunity to hear their version of the classic […]
Originally published in The Christian Post Popular Christian entertainer Carman Licciardello, mononymously known as Carman, recently overcame an intense battle with cancer but his fight is not over yet. The singer is currently in the hospital and is asking fans to pray for him as his body is under attack […]
Concert Review by Neziswa Kanju After a successful three series of concerts and live broadcast of the concerts on SABC channels in 2012 and 2013, Native Rhythms Productions together with its partners Aptitude Consulting re-launched the Gospel in Me Concert at the Lyric Theatre in Gold Reef City last week. […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] So we’ve made that major shift in our musical mindset: We no longer choose the songs WE like to sing. Now we focus on GOD, and […]