Have you ever thought about disowning someone or you being disowned? Normally being disowned comes in the light of a will or inheritance. If you don’t have a relationship with, say, a son or a daughter, you might want to cut them out of your will. That would amount to disowning them … but I’m […]
You have most likely heard the saying: “Each man to his own trade.” The basis meaning is that if you are trained to be a plumber, you do plumbing; if you are trained to be an electrician, you do electrical work; if you are trained as an accountant, you do bookkeeping; etc. Naturally, this leads […]
One of the things I value more these days than ever before is fellowship with brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. Be it a breakfast or meal with a brother, a Bible Study with a few people, a Sunday Gathering or a visit with followers of Jesus, it is spiritually and emotionally motivating, encouraging and […]
A Radio Host was speaking to Stephen McGowan about his almost 6 years as a hostage with the Al-Qaeda terrorist group. He was seized in 2011 and released in 2017. He says to survive he converted to Islam and then learnt more about Al-Qaeda. He says that 90% of things people, such as radio, TV […]
Tomorrow, 1 December 2020 is World AIDS Day. The Daily Maverick reports: People around the world unite to show support for those living with and affected by HIV and to remember the millions who lost their lives to Aids. In South Africa alone, more than four million people have died of Aids. This World Aids […]
On a Sunday nights at our “Gathering” we try and run a full church service. We sing, pray, read the Bible, have the Lord’s Supper, recite one of the creeds, have a message and an offering. We do not pass a plate, bowl or bag around. Rather we have a bowl near the front door […]
Jenny ran out of the face wash she uses, so I popped into Clicks today to see whether they had the product. I took a picture of the old tube to easily identify what I needed to purchase. The product is “Nivea Daily Essentials – Refreshing Face Wash Gel – Deep Cleaner – Normal & […]
I was chatting to a good friend this morning. He wanted me to collect something from a friend of his who was visiting his daughter in Lynnwood. Before we ended our conversation he said, “I’ll pray for you for Sunday. Please pray for me on Sunday. We will both be preaching.” He had found out […]
Off to Home Affairs we went this morning to apply for some unabridged certificates. Just opposite Home Affairs in Nana Sita Street is a large gravel / sand parking area. The cost to park there is R15. We parked and the chap comes to me for payment. I have R50 and he wants me to […]
Today we started the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence and Femicide. Taken from www.gov.za: The 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign (16 Days Campaign) is a United Nations campaign which takes place annually from 25 November (International Day of No Violence against Women) to 10 December […]