Faith

Chicken soup for the Cineleisure Auntie

“Have you bought anything from her before?” “No …” I still wish I could change my answer. I wish I had bought something from her. My friend was referring to the “Cineleisure...

Devotionals

‘I never knew you’

“I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” (Matthew 7:23) These must be some of the most severe words ever uttered by Jesus. How did Christians who addressed Jesus with...

Work

Are you waiting for your big break?

Sometimes, I feel like I’m still waiting for my big break. All my life, I’ve been wondering when my big break would come. For instance, when I did comedy, I waited for some life-changing...

Studies & NS

Is it okay to be competitive?

Competition. The word evokes a whole spectrum of emotions like nervousness, envy and pride. When I think of what competition looks like, sporting events and the honour winners bring to their...

Faith

Here for such a time as this

A few weeks ago, I had my first campus discipleship group (DG) session. I walked from the bus stop to the benches outside the lecture theatre. I was familiar with the place, having been there three...

Culture

Thoughts on THAT St Hilda’s video: In an online brawl, are you bully, bystander, or peacemaker?

$%#&@!!! You’ve by now surely seen the video of the fight that broke out in a classroom at St Hilda’s Secondary School. It involved three boys, many punches,...

How-tos & Handles

I don’t like somebody in church, what now?

“Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave...

Faith

Why I teach children with special needs

“One man built his house on the sand … It crashed! It crashed!” What followed this bizarre outcry were more words I could not understand, not even as a special needs teacher. My student drew...

Faith

I’m a woman and I struggle with pornography and masturbation

No, you didn’t read the title wrongly.  Girls are not immediately associated with such sexual sin, but being female does not make us immune to these things. I’m a woman, and I have struggled...