Stop Whining!
There is nothing like getting together with friends or family and just talking. It is an opportunity to tell each other what is going on in our lives, but for some of us it is [...]
Esau Syndrome
An attitude of entitlement is one we come across often in South Africa and it often piggy banks on the fight for one’s rights. However, there is a difference between fighting for what is rightfully [...]
How to Identify Spiritual Markers
Previously I wrote about ‘Spiritual Markers’ and one of the first questions asked was “How do I identify Spiritual Markers in my life?” They are things, events, scents, pictures and symbols that remind us of [...]
Spiritual Markers
My family loves hiking and right now we are preparing to do the Otter Trail, a five day hike along the coast of Tsitsikamma, South Africa. In a house with teenagers, this is part of [...]
Watch for Low Tide
"Watch for low tide," and "Maintain Momentum" those are the two phrases whispered to my heart as I have settled into life after conference. As I sort out the last of the boxes and make [...]
Are You in a Team?
I have just had our 20th Beauty for Ashes Conference here in Johannesburg and every year the task seems greater than my own capacity to do it. Last year I learnt the very important lesson [...]
Locating Questions
I don’t get lost easily, but the few times I have been lost, it is not a welcome feeling. Of course the secret to finding your way again, is finding out where you are. Even my [...]
Honesty: The Key to Accountability
There are many ways in which we can give the appearance of accountability while avoiding its reality. What is the purpose of accountability, and why do people generally try to evade it? How many of [...]
An Ounce of Prevention
God told the prophet Jeremiah, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure” (Jeremiah 17:9). We have the ability to hide things from ourselves, using the safe techniques of 1)rationalization, 2) projecting onto [...]
Spiritually Bored?
Are you bored with being a believer? Are you bored with having a quiet time because nothing really happens in your quiet time? Are you bored with church, ‘same-o-same-o’ every Sunday? Bored with other believers [...]
