I loved playing rugby at high school and university, and Cape Town winters meant playing on wet and muddy fields. Muddied clothes were a badge of honour while clean clothes were a clear indication that you hadn’t contributed during the game. I am often told that getting involved in the work of justice is bad …
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 …
Sinoxolo (“we are at peace”) is a programme run by The Warehouse for local churches that helps participants better understand and manage themselves and support others in their experience of loss, grief and continuous trauma. The course has had very positive results, not only in people handling their situations, but also in how God has …
To Heal the Ache in the Heart of the Wretched – a story of hope Read More »
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 …
I spent the first week of February 2018 on a journey through South Africa as part of the Global Prayer Safari (GPS), an initiative of Resonate Global Mission based in the USA. GPS takes groups of international participants on a journey through a country (a different country each year), praying at strategic sites with local …
Dune by Frank Herbert is one of my favourite novels of all time. It’s not just that it’s good sci-fi, but more that its messages about power, water and humankind are powerful and transcendent, and feel more accurate as the years pass. I thought of Dune often on my trip to Madagascar. The children in …
Reflections on Water: From Madagascar to Cape Town Read More »
In many instances when we embark on a journey of change and transformation, we do not expect it to be messy. When it does go this way, people are often tempted to throw their hands in the air and give up and declare the process a failure. BUT, there is another way of looking at …