[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] Having insisted (in my July column) that we sing songs with Meaning, it is necessary to emphasise the need to also sing songs with Feeling. That’s […]
Arts & Events
Free Cape Town screening of powerful human trafficking documentary
“One of the most powerful, compelling and transformational documentaries ever made.” Movie Guide To mark National Women’s Day (Thursday, August 9), Christian Action will be screening a new documentary produced by Exodus Cry, on the global challenge of human trafficking and what we can do to prevent this modern day […]
Week 2 of Olympic Burn — Heavenly preview
[notice]Our weekly update from Sean Gooch, one of the worship leaders in the 30-day Olympic Burn in London (30 days of non-stop worship and prayer throughout the Olympics) at Cornerstone Church just 5km from the Olympic Park.[/notice] Just as 70 000 Olympic volunteers on Monday enjoyed a privileged preview of […]
Foot-tapping, sing-along gospel music
Music Review by Afrika Mhlophe MOSES MAHLALELA – Emthonjeni Record Label: BP Media Production Album Length: 12 Tracks, 53 minutes If you are a fan of African traditional gospel music then Moses Mahlalela’s offering Emthonjeni is an album you would want to listen to. The instrument backing on the first […]
Michael W Smith visiting SA, Zimbabwe
Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum-selling artist Michael W Smith will be in South Africa and Zimbabwe soon on the final leg of a 2012 world tour. He will be performing in Johannesburg from August 22 to 25 and in Harare on August 26.Smith launched his world tour with five shows in […]
First week of London Olympic Burn
The ambitious 30-day Olympic Burn (non-stop worship and prayer for the 9 million visitors coming to London for the games from July 27 to August 12) started this week at Cornerstone Church just 5km from the Olympic Park. Sean Gooch, one of the Olympic Burn worship leaders emailed us this […]
Some really good laughter medicine
Movie Review by Andre Viljoen ANITA RENFROE: Purse-onality Genre: Stand-up Comedy I kinda feel that I shouldn’t be writing this review. But I watched the DVD with my wife, Val, and we chatted about it afterwards and she says its okay for me to do the review. So, why all […]
Free premiere screenings of Loving the Bad Man, FUEL
Moviegoers in various parts of South Africa are invited to free, premiere screenings of two notable new movies: Loving the Bad Man, a powerful Christian feature film about forgiveness and redemption; and FUEL, an entertaining and informative multi award-winning documentary that promotes green energy alternatives to oil. Loving the Bad […]
Media Village documents historic global prayer day in Indonesia
Cape Town Christian production company Media Village production has completed a documentary about the World Prayer Assembly in Indonesia in May — a gathering that has been called the broadest prayer assembly in history, bringing together children, youth and adults from 86 nations across hundreds of denominations. At the event […]
Young artist uses solo exhibition to share journey with God
A talented young Christian artist took a bold step of faith at the recent Grahamstown National Arts Festival by using her first solo exhibition, Inner Necessity, as a platform to share her spiritual journey with God. Chantelle Mullins, 23, said that although she only sold one painting during the 10-day […]