South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych[/notice] “Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.” Proverbs 19 verse 20. My husband likes to teach me things. For instance, I could be minding my own business, slaving over the hot stove while cooking him a […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] My husband and I decided to give up watching television or movies or entertainment of any kind for seven weeks. I suppose if we were living 100 years ago, this would be no big deal. We, however, are conditioned to resort to packaged entertainment […]
Looking at the vivacious, lovely, fit Teresa Van Zyl today, it’s hard to imagine that she was once 47kg overweight and deeply unhappy. Teresa now exudes confidence, unlike her former obese self, which she just tried to hide away under clothes. Teresa had a powerful encounter with God two years […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] When I go grocery shopping, I usually prepare my strategy beforehand. I devise a plan which I write down and take with me to the grocery store. I first think about the week ahead and consider whether there are any special circumstances that I […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] We will be celebrating Easter Sunday in a few days time. It’s the day put aside in the Christian calendar when we remember the resurrection or christ. Let’s be grateful — grateful that 2000 odd years ago, Jesus took on the sins of the […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] My husband was given a Moleskine notebook recently. I suggested that he give it to me, putting forward the argument that, as an aspiring writer I would make better use of it than he would. He said he would be keeping it for himself […]
There will be an opportunity for women to deepen their relationship with the Lord while their husbands are worshipping Him at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) 2012. Middelburg’s “Vroue Sonder Grense” (Women Without Borders) are a hosting a breakfast conference with popular speaker and bible-school lecturer Edith Baartman on […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] Over the past year, I have had the joy of journeying with two of my best friends as they met and fell in love with their husbands. This past weekend I attended one of their weddings where I was privileged enough to serve as […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] I was driving on the freeway on my way to a meeting the other day. As I neared my destination, I wasn’t concentrating and I took the wrong off-ramp. This resulted in me driving for 10 kilometres in the wrong direction. I regretted my […]
[notice]A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych.[/notice] Do you sometimes find it difficult to turn your brain off, to slow down the internal dialogue in your mind? There is an analogy of the difference between the brain of a woman and the brain of a man; you might have heard it […]
