We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment
Tag: Hebrews
Letter in the sand: an open conversation with the LGBT community
- Are you anty-marriage? - 21 Feb 2021
- What on earth were the Magi thinking? - 21 Dec 2020
- Letter in the sand: an open conversation with the LGBT community - 29 Nov 2020
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…
Interview with a Retrenchee
- Are you anty-marriage? - 21 Feb 2021
- What on earth were the Magi thinking? - 21 Dec 2020
- Letter in the sand: an open conversation with the LGBT community - 29 Nov 2020
It’s an early evening on a Cape winters weekday. It’s dark. A man is walking, alone, his collar up to shield against the icy breeze coming from the cold Atlantic. Knowing it’s not quite safe to be alone at this hour, he keeps his head down but glances around every so often — a natural…
Polarisation: caught in the crossfire like me?
- Are you anty-marriage? - 21 Feb 2021
- What on earth were the Magi thinking? - 21 Dec 2020
- Letter in the sand: an open conversation with the LGBT community - 29 Nov 2020
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…
The Masked Giant
- This fleeting life - 24 Jan 2021
- Sitting at Heaven’s Gates - 15 Nov 2020
- Five songs and a Two-Step - 13 Sep 2020
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…
The Giant of Doubting Castle and the Question of the Keys of Promise
- This fleeting life - 24 Jan 2021
- Sitting at Heaven’s Gates - 15 Nov 2020
- Five songs and a Two-Step - 13 Sep 2020
Giants are a bit of a theme in our house lately. We have just completed a giant detox eating plan for two weeks to stop us from becoming giants ourselves (it helped somewhat). Also, Paul wrote a blog series on the giants in the Bible, and that made me think of another kind of giant…