South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
There are many decisions to be made on any given day. Too many to count. Some decisions are simple, such as what to eat for breakfast while others require more thought and even careful planning particularly when there are other people involved, such as where and when to gather for […]
God’s own inspired songbook is The Psalms. 150 of them. Walter Riggans has written a provocative article* asking: “If the Psalms have many sad songs of lament, why is it that our church services are ‘overwhelmingly dominated by praise songs?” This is a valid question. It needs an answer, and it requires corrective […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Since Israel re-captured the Old City of Jerusalem from Jordan in 1967, the Jewish state has maintained a fragile religious balance, and the Temple Mount is indeed the most divisive real estate in the world. Jewish activists for decades have been leading efforts to […]
Dr Michael Louis chairman of One South Africa urges government to drop its flawed Electoral Bill now and join hands to achieve optimal voting system In a month’s time, the Constitutional Court-ordered deadline given to Parliament to change the laws that govern our voting system at national and provincial level […]
Andrew Richards, researcher and director for the Institute for Strategic Foresight, foresees an opportunity for the Church arising from trends in the Islamic world The Islamic divide can be viewed from different perspectives. Firstly, a physical divide within the religion itself between its two main factions, Sunni and Shia. This […]
As I write this letter to you, I am feeling like I’m right in the middle, I’m getting my one arm pulled the one side and my other arm pulled the other side, because I am rejoicing for the rain that has fallen in the Karoo and in the Northern […]
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 […]
By Heidi Baker — Originally published in Charisma Magazine Since the last time I wrote, it feels like the world’s storms have only grown stronger and more chaotic. There are more wars in the news. There are cyclones at home in Mozambique. There is spiritual shaking and tremendous fear in […]
Dr Clarence Emersley was a small, bald man who sported wide-rimmed spectacles and walked with an unnaturally healthy spring in his step for a man his age. He had been a teacher his entire life and had loved it, which explained why he was still teaching past retirement age. The […]
My Dad loved history and he was a great storyteller. But he never (as in never) spoke about his childhood, and he wouldn’t explain why my siblings and I didn’t spend time with, or even have a relationship with our grandparents (his parents). But as the years passed, we came […]