“You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times” These are the words of Jesus to the Pharisees and Sadducees in the Gospel of Matthew. Unfortunately, the Pharisees and the Sadducees are not the only ones with this limitation. Many of us as Jesus-followers and …
I have always loved the declaration of Isaiah, the Old Testament prophet, “You shall be called the repairer of the breach.” For the most part I think we have no idea what this means. At times, we put flimsy plasters over the breach and call it repaired. At other times, we shut our eyes to …
1901 saw the first forced removal of black people from Cape Town’s inner city The removers named the Bubonic plague as justification for their action Neither the first nor the last time for power to use tragedy to push its own agenda “Never let a good crisis go to waste”, they say Because crises distract …
Hostile city built on stolen land, with stolen hands, how dare you label attempts to create sanctuary as illegal? Home making is revolutionary in this system borne of displacementWholeness is revolutionary in this system invested in dislocation Keep fighting to make homeKeep fighting to be whole It doesn’t seem possible but perhaps a day will …
We are not so different They, waiting for the promised Messiah to deliver them from their colonial powers Hoping for the day exploitation, oppression and brutalisation would be no more Praying and preparing for revolution Forward to the new Jerusalem! Thousands of years later the scenery is unchanged Still we wait for the Messiah to …
Dear Church leaders and leaders in the Church, We wanted to send you some information on how you can mobilise your congregation, network beyond your congregation and offer you resources (including the use of your church’s site/s to Health or Social Development departments) during this time of South Africa’s 21-day lockdown. The Warehouse convenes and is involved …
The Sacrifice of Africa and a new imagination for the church We have recently launched a Warehouse reading group through which a group of us are exploring some of the thoughts of Emmanual Katongole in his book, The Sacrifice of Africa: A Political Theology for Africa. Katongole is a Ugandan priest and theologian who thinks and …
If you have ever been involved in any kind of disagreement about how the Christian faith should be understood or expressed in the world, at some point you have probably come up against (or given) the response, “but it is in the Bible”. This is an easy response but rarely a particularly helpful one. The …
Zach Stewart is a talented artist and deep thinker whose work explores topics such as whiteness, colonisation, lament, faith, justice and humanity — among other things. Zach matriculated at the end of last year and his final matric art project (of which the pieces included here are part) explored the topic ‘burden’. We asked Zach …
Remembering an advocate of children The past few weeks have been a difficult time for us as The Warehouse community. On the 26th of May, after being diagnosed with end-stage liver cancer just a month before, our dear sister, friend, and colleague of over eight years – Ntombi Tshingilane – passed away. Our hearts are …