The Smell of Angels
It occurred one day, in the glory of the heavenly court, that a foul and offensive odour poured through the air. The pungent and rancid smell wafted...
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The Church: A Vessel for all on the Journey to Heaven
She is as glowing as the moonlight and as radiant as the noonday sun. She is as gentle as the song of the birds at dawn, and...
The Peace I Found at Ngome
On a brightly-lit Tuesday morning, a cautiously optimistic city dweller left the potholed roads that wind through urban life for the meadows of rural KwaZulu-Natal. There, upon...
The Light of Christ: An Antidote to the Coldness of the World
When I was a child, we often visited family members from the afternoon to the late evening. Then we would drive home. As I’m sure many of...
Ask God for Zeal!
Yoda: Do or do not. There is no try I have a confession to make, one which I know might lose me some friends and even some...
I’m Grateful for My ABC’s
Some time ago in a bookshop I passed by a copy of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I was both horrified and intimidated by the sheer size...
Behold the Heart!
February was the month of love. This means that there is an impending avalanche of heart-shaped chocolates, teddy bears and lacy red lingerie. February gave me an...
Many Rivers to Cross
Here we are at the dawn of 2021. We arrive here with trembling shoulders and the heels of our feet charred by the flames of yesteryear. Where...
God’s Blinding Light
I wonder what it’s like to spend a day at the office with God. Who takes the calls? Are there meetings in boardrooms? How’s the coffee? Is...
How Well is All With My Soul?
I am a big fan of the television commercials produced by a local fast-food chicken franchise with a rhyming name that is neither Portuguese nor from the...
Our Search for Truth
To this day, I wonder where the saying, “Curiosity killed the cat”, came from. Did the cat drown in a river while peering over a bridge? Did...
Invite Us, Lord, Back To Your Table!
Once I thought it was only a symbol, that by looking at it I might know in part who Christ is. I thought it a great scandal...
