Entries by Tim Spykstra

A Timely Christmas Psalm of Hope

Around 70 years ago a group of people were uprooted from their life long homes because of their skin color. The then new South African government moved this group into cold and sterile housing projects. The pain of that harsh decision left deep wounds and scars, which are still very much prevalent. Yet generations later, […]

“Higher and Higher”

“When I came up out of the water it was like a huge rock was lifted off my back, I felt joy and freedom that I can’t explain, the Father loves me!” Sunday we were blessed to witness several baptisms of people who have come to Christ through Love in Action ministries. The quote above […]

The Blessings of Seasons of Humility

The changing of an outside light bulb on one of our buildings should have taken a few minutes. However after living several years in Africa, I have learned it is likely to take much longer then you think. True to form I was still working on this an hour later as rusted bolts caused a […]

The Most Important “Yet” of Thanksgiving!

How are you doing making sense of all that is going on in our world? The wars in Europe and the Middle East, the cultural wars where wrong is right and right is wrong. Here in Africa inflation is soaring and economic collapse where the poor and the marginalized suffer intensely. Chaos seems to be […]