My involvement with the Mustard Seed really started many years ago, without me realising it or having any kind of vision. Although I studied life sciences, God opened doors for me to be involved in a job in what was then the RDP projects in Cape Town. Over the following years, through a combination of […]
Something Rene August often says is “You can’t confront the powers that you cannot see, and you cannot see the powers that you are benefiting from.” In a society that is still a long way from equal, those powers take on many different shapes and forms. However, one thing is constant; when unacknowledged, power most
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Planning activities for our life group always provides many opportunities for creativity- we have a family life group, with a mean of young boys between 9 and 13 years old and only a few other “outliers” on the age spectrum. The best activities are in short spurts with lots of physical activity and interaction. Last
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When atrocities take place on a grand (or small!) scale – such as war and genocide, racism and racist systems, and the ongoing and pervasive gender violence we see, hear about and experience on a day-to-day basis – I believe it is the role of the Church to stand up against these systems, to call
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I have never really felt comfortable with the parable in Luke 19 – I think specifically because I was always taught that Jesus was speaking about Himself and, the more I got to know Jesus, the more and more certain I became that the king He was describing is in fact His complete opposite. I
On Wednesday, 30 September, marches will be taking place in at least Pretoria and Cape Town as part of the “Unite Against Corruption” Campaign. Since the public announcement of a march was made, the Warehouse staff have wrestled with God and each other around what opportunities and risks the march avails to the work of
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[This blog post is one in a series of personal viewpoints of Warehouse Staff members on the Unite Against Corruption March] Reading through this “anti-corruption” march website I’m seeing an anti-ANC march. The problem of South Afrika is bigger than the ANC: we are faced with colonial corruption. Our corruption is older than 1994. This march brings
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[This blog post is one in a series of personal viewpoints of Warehouse Staff members on the Unite Against Corruption March] How to respond? There is a stirring all over South Africa that change is needed in our country, and that the church needs to be involved in bringing it about. Opinions on what form
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[This blog post is one in a series of personal viewpoints of Warehouse Staff members on the Unite Against Corruption March] Colonialism and Apartheid were two of the most extreme forms of institutionalised corruption that the world has ever seen. For the benefit of a small minority of people, corruption was entrenched into every department
[This blog post is one in a series of personal viewpoints of Warehouse Staff members on the Unite Against Corruption March] If you do march, as a Christian you need to consider the following: You are carrying the banner of Christ. You are there as a peace keeper. You pray for peace to prevail from
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