South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
This past week has been a particularly difficult week for many of us personally, and as a nation. In the midst of the Covid-19 health crisis and all that it has meant for us as South Africans, we are now faced with the reality of rolling blackouts and yet another […]
Currently, our family is looking for a new home. After almost two years of renting a property, we believe it is time to take the financial plunge and become home owners once again. As exciting as this journey is for our family, there is nothing like a major financial decision […]
This past December, I came face to face with my greatest fear – the unknown – and God met me there. On December 21, my husband, Serge, who had tested positive for Covid-19 just two days prior, was suddenly overnight, no longer able to breathe room air on his own […]
Holding on … letting go. All of life can seem like a constant dance of holding on to some things while letting go of others. This is true in business and in our personal lives as well. In fact, it is true of every area of our lives. But how […]
Covid – 19 and the measures put in place to manage its spread, lockdown being just one of them, have strained or, at the very least, changed our ability to connect with others in different ways, both tangible and intangible. A mask hides our smile. An elbow or foot bump […]
I think it is fair to say that 2020 has turned out rather differently to what anyone could have imagined at the start. This is true not only in South Africa but the world over. A word that is often used in the context of Covid-19 is “loss”, where loss […]
The quote “Be the change you wish to see in the world” is often attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, a lawyer from India, who famously employed non-violent or “passive” resistance to lead the successful campaign for freedom from British rule in his own country and, in so doing, inspired movements for […]
As Women’s Day approaches, and on the back of a national lockdown which has given me much pause for thought, my thoughts have turned to the question of what it means to be a woman, not only in South Africa but in the world at large. So much has been […]
When schools closed on March 18 due to government implementing a national lockdown, my eldest son still had three weeks left of the first term of 2020. So, he was sent home with work packs for each subject and we set about doing school from home. Like so many others […]
Since the nationwide lockdown began in March this year, my thoughts and accompanying emotions have swung the pendulum from “everything is going to be okay” to “help! My future has been hijacked”. Perhaps you can relate? For the world has changed. Our own individual worlds have changed. The way we […]
