“Life is difficult. But you are loved,”  said the Horse to the boy in Charlie Mackesy’s: The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse. Life is filled with valleys and mountains. Much like the Israelites’ journey out of Egypt and into the Promised Land, our journey through this life is marked by low, lonely, ... Read more

At the moment, the days seem long, cold and dreary as we are in the middle of winter. Summer has long gone, Spring seems a long way off and Winter is well just Winter. This Winter has been an exceptionally cold one, along with countless struggles of power issues and load shedding (only in South ... Read more

John Mark Comer speaks about stages of faith, and the final stage he calls the faith of surrender. It’s a faith where you know God, you know His thoughts and His characteristics, and you trust Him. This is a faith that has let go of control, where trust in Jesus is fully grown, producing mature ... Read more

Stewardship and Surrender – Embracing a Life of Freedom Too often, when we hear the word stewardship, our minds default to finances. However, stewardship has far more to do with surrender than Rands and cents. Time to Reimagine Are you willing to reimagine what stewardship means to a Christ-follower? Let’s begin by trying this thought ... Read more

Ernst & Young recently did a study on Generation Z. Can you guess what came up as their most important value? a.) Being rich b.) Being famous c.) Being authentic d.) Spending time developing skills for the future. Interestingly (c) being authentic, rated significantly higher than any other value. This generation is after truth like ... Read more

We live in a world where the role of fathers is undermined and undervalued. There is no question that our society is living in the consequences of multiple generations that were shaped and formed by absent, unintentional or non-existent fathers (which may well be part of the reason why the role of men in society ... Read more

Who would have thought that in December 1994, 29 years ago, we began the greatest adventure of our lives, and it is still going on as intrepid as ever, and we do love to adventure. Like everyone else, we got married with all sorts of expectations and very little understanding of the realities of becoming ... Read more

For those that know me, I love being a mom. I truly treasure the three precious gifts I have been given, however there are moments where I long for some time – time in a day to catch my breath, to not always be needed – and yet I know it won’t always be like ... Read more

When people hear the word ‘community’, it generally triggers one of two responses. Love it, as I believe in it. Avoid it, as I don’t trust it. In this article, I hope to show you the restorative power and value of community when we allow ourselves to lean into that space. However, we must first ... Read more

REJOICE Phil 4:4-9 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! How often is it that our joy ebbs and flows according to the circumstances that surround us? When the cards are up, so is our joy but when they’re down, so are we. The Apostle Paul speaks about joy as being ... Read more