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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 Gospel according to Love and Thunder

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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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Suffering for your gods is your only purpose. Gorr, the person who became the God Butcher in Marvel’s 2022 movie Thor: Love and Thunder, inadvertently said something more profound than what he perhaps intended. Let’s take a step back to where Gorr’s bitterness, resentment and hatred of the gods all started. Spoiler alert! In this…

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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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This fleeting life

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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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2021: Off to a (not so) good start: Most people I know were glad to say goodbye to 2020. Most people I know, talk a lot about the shocking start to 2021. For the people working in hospitals, care institutions and other healthcare settings, the start to this year was not the most promising ever….

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What on earth were the Magi thinking?

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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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Why did they think a bright star in the heavens signifies the birth of a divine king? Why did they connect it with Israel and Jerusalem of all places? They weren’t even Jewish! And what made them pack their bags and take a long journey to go and meet this child? Can you imagine the…

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Sitting at Heaven’s Gates

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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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I was sitting next to my dad’s hospital bed. The lights were dimmed, curtains slightly drawn. The scent of sanitiser intermingled with hospital food aromas filled the air. Such a clinical setting. Not the ideal scene for my last memories of my dad. Death knocking on the door He never wanted to spend his last…

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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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Five songs and a Two-Step

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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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What do Queen, Peter Sarstedt, Paul Simon, Maroon 5 and Abba have in common? Apart from them making up a pretty good Saturday afternoon playlist, they also help tie this post together… let me explain. My blog posts so far all dealt with the adversities we experience. Seems like I am not quite off that…

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3 ways to dislodge yourself when you’re stuck in your bible reading

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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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I remember as a boy, there were a few times I tried to bargain with God. If he would just answer my prayer and let me have that blue BMX or this Atari video game console, I would do some things for him in return. Do you know what I used for a bargaining chip?…

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Time is on my side! (Giants part 3)

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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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“Ti-i-i-ime, is on my side… yes it is!”. Remember that line from the movie Fallen, starring Denzil Washington? Wow, I can’t hear that song without thinking of that movie anymore! Or what about the block buster Noah starring Russel Crowe? City of Angels starring Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan? Do you remember The X-Files series…

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