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 […]
Let’s Talk About Gender Violence (And Jesus): A Letter to the Church Read More »
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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[This blog post is one in a series of personal viewpoints of Warehouse Staff members on the Unite Against Corruption March] The bible is filled with stories of God’s people engaging in the public square. This happens in multiple ways: through private engagements with Kings and rulers, public acts of repentance and symbolic acts of
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Iingcali zophando zisixelela uba uMzantsi Afrika lo ukuluhlu lamazwe aphambili ekungalinanini kwabantu. Okukungalingani ke kusingise phakathi kwabasokolayo nabatyebileyo; kwabanemivuzo emikhulu nabanemivuzo emincinci. Abo bebefudula bephethe ubutyebi belilizwe basabuphethe nanamhlanje ntoleyo ikhombisa uba akukhange kubekho mahluko wenzekile emveni koba sifudukele kwiDemocracy. Ukungalingani kwelilizwe kweza ngoba kwahlaliwa phantsi, ngamadoda ombuso wengcinezelo, kwahlela uba iStructure sesisizwe kumelwe simiswe
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The biggest building in Khayelitsha is a church. I am pondering the damage that is caused simply by ignorance. First of all, the amount of money wasted in beautifying the building, electrifying the property and all that goes with it. These are all problems, to me. Apparently, in the USA over 10 billion US dollars
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