23 April 2020
In so many ways the last four weeks have dragged, yet the time has flown by. I have achieved a small number of ticks against my […]
3 April 2020
I have no doubt the majority of people reading this, certainly in South Africa, have had a letter from ‘my friend Victor’ whose niece is a […]
30 March 2020
It is interesting how sound is magnified by silence. I live close to a main road and am used to the almost non-stop hum and rumble […]
31 December 2019
Towards the end of November a question was posed: As you near the end of this year, what are the highlights for you of the second […]
19 December 2019
10 December 2019
23 October 2019
29 July 2019
18 May 2019
Are these criteria for white privilege? Or is it only about money, how much one has, regardless of how one came about it?
Is it that simple? Is the divide that neat?
13 March 2019
the depth of misery in the eyes of the young boy living on the street, the imperceptible shake of his head as I ask what I can do to help say more than words.
1 February 2019
21 December 2018
Close to 40 years after giving my life to Christ I obviously have many Christian friends, and right now a number of them, including me, are […]
5 September 2018
Today I bring forth an argument: To Shame or Not to Shame. I saw a post which decried sharing acts of abuse in open fora as […]
12 June 2018
I love reading. I love books. I love the escapism of tales of love, and mystery, and suspense, and history, my taste is eclectic. I learnt […]
4 June 2018
The bitter truth, however, is that the majority of pregnancies are terminated not because of deformity, or as a result of rape. They are the result of flagrant and irresponsible sexuality, people copulating without precaution, knowing they will not be brought to account for their actions
12 March 2018
How do you feel today? What emotion predominates and if you were to allow it free rein where might it lead you? One of my […]
19 December 2017
For most of my life I have downplayed the importance of Christmas for a variety of reasons, the main one being that my grandmother and my […]
22 September 2017
I have often found that people who claim the bible to be a collection of fables, a series of tall stories, or historical references that have […]
5 April 2017
Whenever the Lord starts giving me scriptures about trusting Him, it’s a sure-fire certainty that I am about to be tested in this area. The […]
13 February 2017
I read an account in our local paper a while back of a woman who had been robbed by the person she employed as domestic helper. […]
7 February 2017
It all started before Christmas. I was on my way home from Nelspruit when I did something really stupid. On a previous trip, during winter, I […]
30 January 2017
I try and walk most mornings, weather and lungs permitting. A few months back, much against my better judgement, I allowed myself to be talked into […]