Are You Ready to Play?

I am still a fairly new parent. To say that my life has changed would be a serious understatement! Everything has changed. My sleep routine, the way I work my schedule, the way we do outings…we had to adapt the way we do things in a big way, like all other parents!    But the...

A Confused Identity

What could possibly explain fellow believers murdering each other, or people killing for the sake of religion? People have been witnessing this throughout history.One of Africa’s biggest tragedies has to be the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Emmanuel Katongole wrote a book called Mirror to the Church. In this book, he explains what he thinks lead...

A Guy’s Guide to Being a Guy (v): What keeps you busy?

The past couple of weeks, I have reflected on what makes a man. In A Guy’s Guide to Being a Guy, we spoke about the importance of identity, the way we spend our money, substantial faith and why porn is not just porn. Today is the last post in this little series.I’m generally not a...

A Guy’s Guide to Being a Guy

For the next few blog posts, I’m going to write on being a guy. If you are not a guy, I recommend you keep on reading. You might just get a glimpse into the world of men, and you will probably realize that guy issues and girl issues are in some fundamental respects, pretty similar.My...

Coming Too Close to Temptation

A year ago, Afrikaans newspaper Beeld documented on matrics invading and making a mess of Margate (a town on the North Coast of South Africa) for their matric holiday. Matric holiday has become a bit of a tradition in South Africa. After finishing their last exam of their school career, many matrics pack their bags...

Has Hope Left the Building?

Most people experience times in their lives when they think their situation couldn’t possibly get any worse. There are certain situations where we are tempted to say: “There just isn’t any hope left”.Have you ever thought about the most pressing questions that you would ask Jesus when you have the privilege to see Him face...