A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships. Everybody who knows me knows how much I love chocolate. Chocolate cake, chocolate ice-cream … anything with chocolate … top deck, mint crisp. Chocolate has been my companion for years. I only have good memories with Miss Chocolate. My mother has given […]
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Be kind and gentle — with yourself! — Neziswa Kanju
A monthly column on marriage, family and relationships. When it comes to studying love Christians always refer to 1 Corinthians 13.This scripture gives us an outline of the basics of love. If one wants to be more loving to others or if they want to understand love, they study this […]
Prayers that keep families together — Neziswa Kanju
A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships. “A family that prays together stays together,” — we have all heard this saying at some point. At other times we have said these very words to ourselves when convicted of our lack of time spent together as a family in prayer. […]
Time to evict pride from our relationships
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] One of the leading causes in a marriage breakdown is pride. Pride comes in many forms in a relationship from a spouse thinking that he is always right, to wanting his own way, it is always her word, not thinking of others, […]
A legacy of love that inspires us — Neziswa Kanju
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] A beaming smile always greeted me every time we went to visit her. Sawubona makwaJedy (Hello Jedy’s mother. Jedy is my firstborn) Gogo (grandmother) Malaza, a beautiful soul I was blessed with calling my grandmother. I met her when I married her […]
Fixing the leaking pipes in marriage
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Before getting married most people have an idea of how their marriage would be. Whether it’s subconscious or conscious we all have a vision of what we expect our spouse to be like. Some have that vision because of years and years […]
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 […]
Pressing the right button of your life
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] “The problem with you is that you keep on rewinding and rewinding the movie. You do not let it play till the end.” These were the words from my daughter to her younger brother in the car on our way home the […]
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, […]
Inspirational marriage lessons from late gospel icon Sifiso and his wife Ayanda
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] On Monday morning while the nation was celebrating the life and commemorating the passing of our former statesman the late President Nelson Mandela we were shocked to hear that Sifiso Ncwane had died. The Kulungile Baba hitmaker died on Monday in Fourways […]