There are a few ways to gift wrap a present. The popular one these days is the easiest and most expensive way … using a gift bag. The oldest way is to buy rolls of paper, be it for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, new babies, etc. It certainly requires a certain level of competence with […]
Today we went to church twice. First, this morning we joined St. James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town. Mervyn Eloff brought a great exposition of encouragement that was also pointed and practical. His teaching came from 1 Peter 1:6-9. I loved the way he focused on our present joy that is based upon our future […]
I am delighted I can go walking even though we are on level 4 lockdown. It clears my mind, helps a little with weight loss and gives me time to praise, pray and think. Years ago, when we lived in the east, on our way to the office in downtown Arcadia we used the R21/Albertina […]
Today was an early start for us. We got up at 5.30am to get to the UIF office. We parked at a parking lot across the road from the UIF Office by 6.50am. We were about 21st in the queue. At 7.50am, the security opened the “garage gates” and started handing out papers to be […]
I increased my daily walk today from 4.2kms to 5.4kms unintentionally. On my walk, I decided to pop past the police station with a query. Due to being unable to get through to the Departments of Labour and the Unemployment Fund by telephone or email for about six weeks, I thought the best people to […]
Today’s note comes from someone who shared heavy news with us today. Due to lock down, the family’s breadwinner’s working hours and salary were reduced to 50% work/50% pay. You can imagine how serious this is to any family to run a budget on 50% income when the expenses are 100%. Yes, this is the […]
We needed to go to a few places today. The first stop was a pharmacy to collect Jen’s medication. The second was to a bank to sort out the passcode for the bank account. The third stop was to a fruit shop and lastly we went to a food shop. A nice, face mask, sanitized […]
When there is a marriage or an employment or a new friendship, there are expectations. With any new relationship, there are expectations that go something like this: “What do I expect from you? What will you put into this relationship?” In a Zoom session with our children in Naperville outside of Chicago last Saturday, Roy […]
Have you ever wondered how bad things could get without you doing anything to cause the “crisis” in your life, home and relationships? I want to share a sad story with you today. Jen and I spent time Skyping friends who are extremely distraught. They have been intentional Christians for the past 28 years. They […]
I went out for my walk just after 7 am this morning. In our street, there was a dad with his twin sons stretching before their run. On the walk, I saw a number of families cycling, walking and running. The cutest was a family of five–mother, father, two teeny boppers and a child around […]