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Building for the Next 100 Years
At The Warehouse, we long to see a world marked by God’s peace and justice, a world which embodies goodness between all things, a world where there is restoration of all that has been broken. Yet it doesn’t take too much work to recognise that we are a long way away from this world. The present realities …
First About Jesus
“We are not first about Justice: we are first about Jesus. And lives lived in obedience to Jesus, in love for each other, lead to and look like Justice.” The Warehouse Team [1] Over the last 20 years, as we have journeyed with local churches in how best to express the Good News of Jesus to those …
A quick catch-up from The Warehouse
Dear friends, Now that we have crossed the threshold into the second half of 2022 (!) we wanted to use this newsletter to recentre who we are, revisit some of the things we felt God was calling us to prioritise this year, and celebrate some of the work we have been involved in. As an organisation, we …
The Peace and Justice of God for the World
The overarching vision of The Warehouse is to see the Church actively living out the peace and justice of God for the world. All of the work that we do seeks to move towards this vision. We believe that local churches, not just because of their prevalence and position (particularly in our South African context), …
Reading the Signs of the Times
“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 …
Looking Back – Moving Forward
Dear friends, Towards the end of last year, we shared the news that we would be bidding farewell to Craig Stewart, our founding CEO. We have so enjoyed the last few months of celebrating and affirming Craig in all that has transpired over the past 19 years. We have included a number of these times …
God Moved into the Neighbourhood
Dear friends, As we celebrate a God who loved us so much that They “became flesh and blood and moved into the neighbourhood”*, we hope that some of these reflections will add to your celebration, deepen your imagination for a fully-restored cosmos and give you some ways you can partner with us as we all …
On Both Banks of the River
The River of Life I live on the banks of the Liesbeek River in Cape Town which flows from the eastern slopes of Table Mountain through suburbs and industrial areas before joining the Black River and draining into the Atlantic Ocean. For most of the history of people in this area the river has been …
Give US This Day
Dear friends At the core of the prayer that Jesus teaches all of his disciples to pray, we find the words “give us this day our daily bread”. In her whistle-stop tour of the bible and food below, René August reminds us that it is a prayer for every person to have enough to eat, every day; …