Making Memories This past weekend, our family on my husband’s side gathered in Port Elizabeth for our nephew’s wedding in a celebration that extended over a few days. Those of us arriving from out of town stayed in the same hotel, which provided many opportunities to see one another aside […]
Opinion
Musings on protests, revolution — Marian Fitz-Gibbon
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 […]
How beautiful on the mountains!– Charles Gardner
I want to share my excitement about an important bi-centenary of which I feel privileged to be a part. It was 200 years ago, in 1823, that the Church’s Ministry among Jewish people (CMJ), for whom I volunteer, decided to establish a permanent base in Israel, having been founded on […]
‘Shocking increase in gender-specific religious persecution of women’
Special report commissioned by Open Doors International to coincide with International Women’s Day which is today. Digital persecution is a growing method to discriminate against Christian converts, especially women. This is one of the findings of a new gender-specific religious persecution (GSRP) report commissioned by the ministry organisation Open Doors International, which […]
Turn on the switch! — Angus Buchan
John 12:46 (NKJV) I have come as a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. Early this morning as I was rising, we had another power cut, so I made my dear wife, Jill, a cup of tea with the torch on the […]
We walk by faith, not by sight — Vivienne Solomons
Two weeks ago, I did not know that my geyser would suddenly stop working resulting in a series of events that would not only disrupt my home life, but also have an impact on my work and ministry as well. It started with no hot water but then the ceiling […]
CRAMMED WITH HEAVEN: Made for joy
A new monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth Jesus was a happy man. But the Bible also tells us he was well acquainted with grief and sorrow. In my journey in ministry, I have often found that people are […]
I really HOPE you read this — Elize-Marie Muller
We are so used to the word “hope”. “I hope you know what I mean”, “I hope the weather holds for our dinner outside”, “I really hope things change in our country”. We use the word casually, sometimes ignorantly or sometimes we just load the word with a lot of […]
Declaration of a state of disaster: what’s the fuss and why?
By Cheryllyn Dudley, political analyst for DiaLOGOS, SharedFuture, GSKI, author and former MP RSA 1999-2019 The two words God always speaks to my spirit when thinking-about-what-I-am-thinking’ are hope and humility. You, like me, have probably read on social media many passionate calls from all quarters of society for the president […]
Dr Michael Brown: Why ‘Asbury revival’ is ‘exactly what we’ve been expecting’
Originally published in Charisma News America is hungry for revival, and the recent outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Asbury University, already spreading to other college campuses, is proof of hungry hearts yearning for God’s refining fire. As one of the leading ministry figures during the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, […]

