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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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The C-Village

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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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Sharing the news It was a clumsy affair. As a counsellor, one would think that I would have all the textbook answers on how to share the news. But no. I first wanted to contact each loved one in person, wanting to make them feel OK about the dreaded news. I soon became overwhelmed by…

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I don’t ask for very much, BUT…

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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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Are you aware of how taxing those “little” things we demand from others can be? Or have you realised how silly some of those demands actually are once they’re viewed with a little perspective? The phrase “I don’t ask for very much, BUT…” became a running joke in our home over the last few days…

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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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Interview with a Retrenchee

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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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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…

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Polarisation: caught in the crossfire like me?

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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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The Giant of Doubting Castle and the Question of the Keys of Promise

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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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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…

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