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When the unexpected and unthinkable happens

[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] At times things happen in life that we don’t understand. We have no explanation for them. They come and take us by complete surprise. Life happens. You have dreams planned. Your goals are about to be achieved, you know exactly what actions […]

Skydiving and Kingdom assignments

[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] As we are going to the new year, no doubt many of us will be setting personal goals of what we want to achieve in 2017; the things we want to change about ourselves, where we want to go; our travel goals, […]

Light that shines through the dark headlines

[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] International, national and local news seem to be carrying stories of conflict after conflict — disaster and tragedy adding to the uncertainty in which most of the world finds itself. In isiXhosa there is a saying “Alitshoni lingenandaba” which means that there […]

Don’t let discontent steal your blessing

[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] What is contentment? What is it about human nature that makes us want more — to be more, to have more?  You see it all around — a man dreams of landing a certain job, he finally gets it and within a […]

Love lessons from God

[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice]  A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.  By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one […]