South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Its 6pm a mother returns to an empty apartment with her hungry toddler on her hip. She slams the door. Like clockwork the neighbours hear the little child bellow forth. Ten minutes later someone else enters the apartment and the mother screams at the top of her voice, the child […]
Tables are one of the most significant places of human connection. We’re often most fully alive when sharing a meal around a table. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, to find that throughout the Bible, God has a way of showing up at tables. Jesus himself wanted to explain to his […]
These are words that have been used over and over by opinion writers, top businessmen and women, you and I over the decades. One asks whether they are warning words to jerk the various sectors to wake up from a slumber lest we hear the shuddering feet of the masses […]
Imagine with me life as a Ukrainian mother, or any other global wartime mother, or a little closer to home, hear the heart-rending words of a woman affected by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal: “It was absolutely traumatic, some mornings I woke up 3am and I’m in tears thinking of the […]
Someone said to me, “I never thought I would live through war in my lifetime”. I’m sure it’s a statement many of us are also quoting when we tune in to the various news channels to get an update on world events. When it’s said that the war between Russia […]
In a fallen world, we can grow disheartened every time we catch up on world events by scrolling through the news on our various news-carrying devices. It appears the world grows darker by the day, and nations that once upheld Christian ideals now attempt to stamp out any remnant of […]
Recently I went through a challenge that had mystery and downright wickedness that was more than I had ever signed up for. The goodness of the Lord gave me clues as I entered the battle to face this monster called Leviathan.The noun (in Biblical use) is a sea monster and […]
Recently there’s been an emphasis on child mental health, childhood abuse, parenting and adolescents. Globally, it is estimated that 10% to 20% of children and adolescents are affected by mental health disorders. In South Africa research suggests that a lack of intersectoral collaboration on mental health has resulted in children […]
For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29.11) For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways […]
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. — Hebrews 4.12 Longing to loveThe cultural narrative of devaluation is a ruthless saboteur of individual […]