South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
“How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father….” — Luke 15:17-18 Since I’ve spent another week in the office I thought I’d share about the Chaplaincy programme I’m involved him. The […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 4 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: 25 Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer; (Proverbs 30:24-25) It’s been a quiet week in the office with […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 4 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer! O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 9 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] He believed, hoping against hope, so that he became the father of many nations according to what had been spoken: So will your descendants be. — Romans 4: 18 So I’ve come to the last few days […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 8 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] “Get wisdom, get understanding…do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you, love her and she will look after you…” –– Proverbs 4:5-6 With two weeks to go until my teaching practice is over, I’m starting […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 7 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Every morning after assembly I have some time with my register class before we get down to our maths to speak into their lives. They love it when I read from the Bible so I chose […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on weeks 5 and 6 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Last week I sincerely hoped this thing with my classes would not end with me in a jail cell singing, “He had it coming! He had it coming! He only had himself to blame, […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 4 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Have you ever volunteered to help someone and then just as promptly wished you’d kept your mouth shut? One of the staff members has been off sick for more than two weeks now, and during this assessment […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 3 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] This week I’ve had to battle the temptation to mindlessly fall into the rhythm of school life and just survive. The work is overwhelming and the ground we lost due to last week’s strike has set us […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on week 2 of 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] This week has been different from last week due to the union strike going on during the week. It was confusing who was meant to be on strike because while the majority of the staff turned up […]