One of the tragic things about a family is that when the parents and in particular the husband and father does something bad, it affects the marriage and the whole family. Often it is not his fault directly. It might be due to circumstances that whatever happens, happened. Take borrowing money from a bank. It […]
As an apprentice, together with our artisans and friends, we used to arrange friendly soccer games. We would make two teams and play against each other. Because we worked for a company who had a professional soccer team, a soccer field and club house were at our disposal. When we started out with this venture, […]
I have handed in all my marriage registers, so I can’t say how many people I have married over almost 40 years, but I would suggest it has been quite a few. Because marriage is of God and God provides guidelines for marriage, I would not marry a couple unless I could take them through […]
There is much opposition to “Male Headship” in the marriage and home, and often those opposing come from the most unlikely places. From where I come, Male Headship was forced in many cultures to the point where wives and children were little more than stock items necessary for men’s pleasure, prosperity and posterity. Women in […]
There was a time when people named their children after their parents or grandparents. This was expected. There was no option. Maybe this continues in some cultures. When Jenny fell pregnant with our first child, she purchased a book of names and we read through them all, cover to cover a few times without being […]
When our two younger children were at school, the often spoken about topic was … “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” As they grew up into teenagers the topic changed to … “If a woman births children, did Eve exist before Adam?” The last comment as their completed secondary education was … “It […]
We started off yesterday saying we have choices in life, and failure to make right choices can land us into serious trouble … I came across a horrific accident on Sunday morning. I was invited to preach at Roebuck Presbyterian Church (PCA), some 30 minutes away. On my way there, I passed four or five […]
As a little boy on the farm, I love climbing trees. On a few occasions I fell off the branches to the ground hurting myself. Dad spoke to me saying that climbing trees is one thing, but changes from one tree’s branch to another tree’s branch way up in the air like Tarzan did was […]
Andre De Ruyter’s book, Truth to Power, provides one with a huge understanding into how State Capture Corruption crippled the power utility in South Africa. The revelations are almost unbelievable. The web of syndicates running through, from the top echelons of government, descending through many ministries of government, including those forming the security cluster is […]
Have you ever spoken to a person and they don’t seem to accept what you are saying and question everything you have said and through their interrogation of what you have said actually change what you have said into what they want you to have said? As confusing as that sounds, so are the approaches […]