South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Are You trusting God for what You really, really want? Or are you asking for “just enough”, believing that’s probably as much as you’ll get? I spoke with a friend the other day. She told me how, all her life, […]
When I was a little girl I was terrified of storms. Why? You may ask. Because in my mind storms meant Jesus was coming, and if Jesus was coming chances were He was going to leave me behind. So whenever a storm would come I would be in my room, […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Every night, before we go to bed my daughter and I ask each other what our favourite part of the day was and which was the worst. Last night when she asked me, I, of course, wailed about the frustrating […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Very rarely do we get to see incredibly beautiful full circles — today I want to share one with you. Every single person in South Africa knows someone, or of someone, battling with drug addiction. Yet even with such prevalence, […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. Just as the word “resolution” is almost synonymous with “New Year” so is “weight loss”. Yep, January is usually the month many people “resolve” to lose weight and get fit. The bulk of us making this resolution want to lose […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. For a very long time in our marriage I did not feel loved by my husband Rico. The crux of it was I rarely saw him happy. At first I thought I could “make” him happy. But no matter what […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. A few weeks ago I wrote about the challenging time we’re facing as a country. However, I’ve also felt that in the midst of those challenges there’s a great opportunity for those who will dare to dream big. Whenever we’re […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. It’s hard to ignore the many challenges we’re going through as a country. A lot of people in South Africa are scared right now. For good reason. The majority of the conversations I’m having with people, regardless of their cultural […]
A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus. I’m writing a book I should’ve written long ago. At one point, while typing away, I felt, ‘Oh my! I can’t believe I’m telling this story- again! ” For the first time in many years I was tired (and bored) […]
I can see you cringe at my heading — or maybe you’re chuckling — either way it’s going to be a fun article … I hope. A while ago I asked our editor here at Gateway News, Andre Viljoen, if I could write articles around the nutrition/health connection. So here […]
