Originally published in Christian Today Burkina Faso could be on the way to becoming the next Nigeria — a battleground for competing jihadist groups cutting a swathe across Africa. So fears a partner of Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world, writes Andrew Boyd. Picture a jihad, and […]
Opinion
Leaving a legacy – Angus Buchan
If we look at the Oxford Dictionary to define the word legacy, it means something handed down by a predecessor. What are you and I handing down to our loved ones? We are not talking so much about material possessions but we are talking more about godly instructions and godly […]
Ancestors Day response — Patrick Zvikomborero Kuwana
South Africa and the whole African continent is at such an important place in history and at the turning point to enter an era of blessing and prosperity. God has taken different parts of the world through cycles of blessing and prosperity in their appointed season and it is now […]
Salute to shadow moms of SA — Jill Ayerst
By Jill Ayerst It’s funny how a simple scene can jolt a thought or idea. How, in one brief moment, you can see something that has been so enmeshed in your life and history, ingrained in your lifestyle, that it has lost its impact? As I travelled along my normal […]
Jesus take the wheel: Nambia edition: week 10 — Julita Kok
Jesus take the wheel SA series Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Julita Kok is once again handing the steering wheel over to Jesus — this time on a road trip with God through Namibia. Read Episode 9 of her weekly reports here. Oh wow!!! I […]
Valuable lessons from Mum — Marian Fitz-Gibbon
Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it. — Proverbs 22:6 Perhaps you come from an era where the above verse was cited in a stern voice by your mum as you were marched off to the […]
More opportunities to be a ‘mother’ than you may think — Vivienne Solomons
With Mother’s Day just a few days away, many of us are turning our attention to how we will celebrate the mothers in our lives. Sadly, for some of us, the day is also a painful reminder of what we have lost. Perhaps the mother who has passed on or […]
Thomas Graumann – The Twice Rescued Child: book review
After nearly eight decades have passed, dramatic new stories of the Holocaust survivors keep emerging. And Twice Rescued Child (published by SPCK in 2019) is another inspiring testament to triumph over adversity. It also echoes the truth of Romans 8:28: “that in all things God works for the good of […]
Jesus take the wheel: Namiba edition: Week 9 — Julita Kok
Jesus take the wheel SA series Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Julita Kok is once again handing the steering wheel over to Jesus — this time on a road trip with God through Namibia. Read Episode 9 of her weekly reports here. I am writing to […]
The deaf hear — Lindy-Ann Hopley
Bev, 68, was not able to hear well since she was a little girl. She is an intercessor in her church, she serves well and loves Jesus, but still she had no breakthrough. Interesting thing about Albany — it is a little town in the US state of Oregon where […]

