A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. I was fortunate enough to overhear a short conversation between a mother and daughter. The daughter, eyes full of starry-eyed imagination, gushed forth with the priorities on her “bucket list”, including swimming with dolphins as a “must-do”. When […]
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Zimbabwean Christians snub peace festival led by Korean cult leader
A “Peace and Family Festival” at the National Sports Stadium in Harare yesterday, led by Korean cult leader Dr Hak Ja Han Moon, failed to attract anticipated huge crowds after Zimbabwean church leaders urged members to stay away. Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa who had been scheduled to open the highly-publicised event […]
Couple travel through South Africa, singing the Gospel
Music has been Derek and Jenie Oliver’s business for all 21 years of their married life but it took a life-threatening attack on their daughter’s health to turn their musical talent into a ministry. During five years in which their daughter, Jessie, battled Crohn’s disease, undergoing five life-saving operations, they […]
CRL overreaching mandate, say Nelson Mandela Bay church leaders
The CRL Rights Commission should remember that its mandate is to protect the freedom of religious communities in South Africa and not to regulate them, says the Nelson Mandela Bay Church Leaders Network. The church leaders say, in an open letter, that they are deeply concerned about “what appears to […]
SACC scolds Malema for calling Gordhan a dog
The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has taken EFF leader Julius Malema to task for calling public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan a “dog of white monopoly capital”. Malema launched his verbal attack on Gordhan earlier this week while addressing a crowd of EFF supporters outside the venue where the minister […]
Down memory lane with ACDP veteran
ACDP stalwart Jill Stoll reflects on her unlikely entry into politics after she asked God a question at the dawn of SA’s democracy — and shares her views on the present era. Sometime before the 1994 elections I asked the Lord: “What am I going to do, there is not […]
Asia Bibi’s daughter ‘thankful’ and ‘fearful’ after mother acquitted of blasphemy
Originally published in Sky News The daughter of a Pakistani woman freed after eight years on death row has thanked supporters and spoken of fears for her family’s safety. Eisham Ashiq has spoken publicly for the first time since her mother Asia Bibi was acquitted of blasphemy. The mother-of-five was […]
US missionary killed by world’s most isolated tribe
Originally published in Christianity Today A 27-year-old American missionary was killed on a remote island off the coast of India, where he attempted to share the gospel with the most isolated tribe in the world. All Nations, a Christian missions agency based in the US, confirmed that John Allen Chau […]
Writing new songs to fit themes and scriptures — Hugh Wetmore
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. In the Bible there are nine references to “a new song”. God’s Spirit encourages His people to sing “new” songs (Psalm 33:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1). […]
Afrika Mhlope — A Passion for Position: Book review
Book Review by Michael Cassidy It is astonishing to me that a leadership book of this depth and significance can come from the pen of a relatively young leader. The fact is it reveals a depth of maturity and insight which would be rare even in a leader who had […]