[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] These past few weeks in South Africa we have heard and heard over again the word “honourable” while watching the State of the nation address (SONA) and while watching the debate the parliamentarians had on what happened at the SONA. That word […]
Tag: relationships
SA author challenges views of being single and Christian
Can we be happy when we’re single? Ryan Peter looks to answer this question in his new book, Your Single Happiness, which released on Friday, February 13, 2015. In 2004, writer and journalist Ryan Peter was tired of “having tried everything” and still being single. This, coupled with what he calls […]
Nick and Kanae Vujicic — Love Without Limits: Book Review
Book Review by Val Viljoen Love Without Limits by Nick and Kanae Vujicic Nick Vujicic is the author of the international bestseller Unstoppable, in which he tells the remarkable story of how he overcame the very considerable disability of being born with no legs and arms to become a successful […]
Get rid of “stinky stuff”
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] There is a concept; a process; a principle that we see in all of life; a process that is VITAL to the very existence of life. Without this process a living being finds itself/himself facing a crisis or even death. This principle […]
12 ways to keep your marriage together
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] In December my husband Rest and I were invited to be guest speakers at the wedding of one of our family members in Port Elizabeth. She said to us that she is asking us as a young married couple who are happy […]
What grade will you advance to in 2015?
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. Mama!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to […]
It’s worth making sacrifices for family relationships
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Anything of value in life requires some level of sacrifice; some level of letting go of the comfortable. We should be willing to sacrifice going without for a short while so we can benefit from something more valuable in the long term. […]
A house divided will not stand
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:” —Matthew 12:25 A house that has conflicting views on many things is a house and family that knows no peace especially if […]
7 reasons why 20-something Christians divorce
[notice]Revivalist Shannon-Leigh Barry shares her wit and passion and the pursuits of her 20something heart in a monthly column that speaks to the desires of young adults in today’s Christian society. [/notice] I have to start this column by saying I was raised as an Anglican and entered into the […]
The Relationship Tangle: Why can’t we get on with each other?
[notice]A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years.[/notice] Yes, the real question facing most of us and the Church is: “Why can’t we get on with each other?” If there […]