When one sees that today is the 3rd January 2021 and that we have been in lockdown since last year, it can be a shock to realize we have been in lockdown for 283 days already and that in 82 days time, should lockdown remain (at whatever level), it will be a full year of […]
When one spends time in the bush looking at wild animals and their behaviour, it’s interesting what one will find. Naturally, one needs to be quiet and patient, for one could disturb wild animals very easily. We parked the game vehicle along a pathway next to a valley. There we were watching a single giraffe […]
In a very short Zoom session with our children in the USA and good friends in England today, the children said they were going to sing the song “All Glory Be to Christ” once their friends arrived for a potjiekos meal later in the day. The tune to this song is the same as that […]
After a traumatic year because of the coronavirus strain COVID-19, that affected every country across the planet, we arrive at the last day of the year, battered in so many ways. As we look backwards, for some there is extreme bereavement because of the loss of a loved one, some because of Covid, some because […]
We planned to do a game drive in the late afternoon. The normal driver had taken the vehicle to another lodge to pump up the tyres and got stuck coming back. He started the engine, and as soon as he released the clutch, the engine cut out immediately. I saw what happened and drove to […]
The president’s announcement to return to Level 3 lockdown was not unexpected in that something needed to be done with the resurgence of the Coronavirus, which has been causing larger damage across every aspect of society than before. Not exclusively, but as a people we have not being doing our part to prevent the spread […]
Our opposite neighbor and I were chatting for a while this morning. He mentioned three ladies known to them who died in the last few days. One died from Covid. Then there was a family who were in our church for many years until they moved to a far out, almost rural town outside Pretoria. […]
We are 276 days into lockdown because of the Coronavirus strain, COVID-19. We started at Level 5, which was a hard lock down, that gradually eased to Level 1. Whatever we might feel about the effects of lock down, such as a ruined economy, businesses collapsing, people losing their employment, interest rate cuts affecting the […]
I learnt something quite fascinating tonight. We were on a Zoom Session with our children and grandchildren in Naperville, just outside of Chicago. Our daughter Angela shared something with us regarding Christmas Trees. She said the “in thing” in the United States is for people to decorate their Christmas Tree and hang Christmas Lights on […]
Have you ever wondered how God would have you spend Christmas Day and what He would have you think of about the events surrounding Jesus’ birth There are two questions here, so let me address the first one first. How would God have you spend Christmas Day? Perhaps like any other day or maybe differently? […]