Tag: Ephesians

A life worth living

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Ronel Grobler
Ronel Grobler
I am a fellow Christ follower and married to Paul.We have a teenage daughter, a tween son, two daschunds and now also a rescue puppy.I am a social worker in private practise.I am heading up Phileo Dynamix Counseling Services.We focus on support and social services in the healthcare industry. Please visit phileodynamix.co.za for more info.
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The crossroads in life I was driving our teen daughter and her friends to a church camp. They were all between 16-21 years old. The camp would be at a beach site, promising joy and fun to any young heart nearing the end of a sun-filled summer holiday. The air was brimming with excitement as…

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Called by His Name – an emotional journey of spiritual and physical adoption

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Karen Visser
Karen is a full-time Mom, part-time copywriter and part-time theology student. One of her goals in life is to be a complete Bible nerd, reading it in its original languages (and to one day win a game of Scrabble against her husband). She has three young children, a giant Great Dane and a house full of people.
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I remember sitting on the field we called “the Postage Stamp” in matric, hearing someone talking about adoption, and deciding in my heart that I would adopt one day. I was 17 years old at the time and nowhere near getting married or having children, but something was birthed in me at that moment. Later,…

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Can you hear me?

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Ronel Grobler
Ronel Grobler
I am a fellow Christ follower and married to Paul.We have a teenage daughter, a tween son, two daschunds and now also a rescue puppy.I am a social worker in private practise.I am heading up Phileo Dynamix Counseling Services.We focus on support and social services in the healthcare industry. Please visit phileodynamix.co.za for more info.
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The human need for being-understood-and-understanding-others is fascinating. The last few weeks I have been bombarded on various levels with this concept, and it sent me into some contemplation. Time … is not on our side Living in the Western World implies having a busy life. “Busy” seems to be like a password, used whenever we…

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Are you anty-marriage?

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Paul Grobler
Paul Grobler
Paul is the creator of Under The Tamarisk Tree.Click here for a bit more info.
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Every day ants do pretty much the same thing. They go out of their nests, find some food, and bring it back into the nest. Along the way, they stop each time they pass another ant, and their antennas touch briefly. Do they say hi? “How are the wife and kids!?” Receive a message from…

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Letter in the sand: an open conversation with the LGBTQI+ community

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Paul Grobler
Paul Grobler
Paul is the creator of Under The Tamarisk Tree.Click here for a bit more info.
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Our family loves watching movies together. From when the kids were small, it was an opportunity to learn to accommodate each other’s tastes. Sunday nights are movie nights, and we all take turns to pick a movie for the night. We make popcorn, smoothies and later some hot chocolate. When the kids were smaller, this…

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Are you a hedge builder?

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Paul Grobler
Paul Grobler
Paul is the creator of Under The Tamarisk Tree.Click here for a bit more info.
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“Demons watch you through the ink of your tattoos”, my daughter’s friend told her a few weeks ago, “when you have tattoos you give them a door into your life. My grandfather told me so”. My daughter was discussing some contemporary matters of the day during a youth group meeting, and she came to chat…

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Polarisation: caught in the crossfire like me?

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Paul Grobler
Paul Grobler
Paul is the creator of Under The Tamarisk Tree.Click here for a bit more info.
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Cape Town is one of the most beautiful places on the planet. We have everything. The sweeping Table Mountain range, the stunning beaches, one of only six floral kingdoms in the world. Some of the best restaurants globally. A host of sub cultures that makes the city truly fascinating to work and live in. But…

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The Masked Giant

Posted on by Ronel Grobler
Ronel Grobler
Ronel Grobler
I am a fellow Christ follower and married to Paul.We have a teenage daughter, a tween son, two daschunds and now also a rescue puppy.I am a social worker in private practise.I am heading up Phileo Dynamix Counseling Services.We focus on support and social services in the healthcare industry. Please visit phileodynamix.co.za for more info.
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We are reaching the end of all this giant talk. But one giant still lurks in the paragraphs of this post, one last giant we still need to dislodge from his hiding place… In my previous post I wrote about survival in the valleys of our lives. Little did I know then what valleys would…

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