South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[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]“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice]I spend a lot of time working on a computer. When I make a mistake, I use the edit – undo function. This is a wonderful tool, you probably know it too. Control – Z and your errors disappear before your eyes. Sometimes, I […]
I hope you are patriotic enough to know that the month of September is a Heritage Month in South Africa. This is the time of the year when we should pause and reflect on our rich and diverse heritage with planned festivities leading to the official heritage day, which is […]
Studies support abstinence education Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi released the statistics — a total of 77 771 legal abortions were performed in South Africa in 2011, a 31 per cent increase since 2010! In 2010, the Health Department said, 59 447 abortions were carried out! Although the new statistics illustrate […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] A girlfriend and I are always lamenting the fact that we have not yet managed to secure ourselves job positions where we are paid to sit around all day at coffee shops chatting and thinking up ideas. We love sitting around at coffee […]
[notice]Pastor Afrika Mhlophe says the tragedy at Longmin mine is part of a pattern of violence that will not change without a concerted, national intervention that deals with the root of the problem.[/notice]34 men who are sons, uncles, nephews, brothers, boyfriends, husbands, fathers and breadwinners were mowed down by police […]
[notice]South Africa’s Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein has written an open letter to Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim in response to his call for South Africans to not visit Israel.[/notice] Dear Mr. Ebrahim, You are a minister of the South African government, appointed to advance the interests of the Republic […]
[notice]ChristianView Network Director Philip Rosenthal addresses the thorny Israel debate which made the news again this week as a South African Government official “requested” SA citizens not to visit the land. [/notice] On Wednesday 15th August, the South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim Ebrahim said “What […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice]The other day I arrived at work to find my colleagues huddled around a computer screen looking at a photo of a giant French lop. I am not sure what image your mind conjures up at the thought of a giant French lop, but […]
[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 […]