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 […]
Prayers Colliding
Written by Mike Verkaik The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 (NIV) Dawn and I just finished eating lunch with Edelyn*, one of the middle school residents at the motel ministry we are a part of. While sitting around the table, an honest conversation developed of parents/partners […]
More Salt and Light Please
I love this picture, not only because of the people in it, but also for what happened just before the picture was taken. As the students and leaders were taking in the view-a wave crashed over the breaker and splashed them with salty water. Yes, salt sprinkled their faces, hair, clothes, or shoes. And perhaps […]
Let this bring you Hope & Joy – God is on the move!
If you want encouragement please read the blog below from a middle school student from Holland Christian. God is truly on the move empowering a new generation with His Spirit! Today was another wonderful day in South Africa. It started off by another sunny morning at the Care Center where the kids came running out […]
In the Potter’s Hands
For the first time in my life I went to men’s event on making pottery. Yes, you read it right, pottery. To be honest, I like the outings when you hike, listen to a good speaker, or my favorite a South African braai-US barbeque, where you eat lots of meat. But I went and somewhat […]
“To Hell with the Forgiveness …” or the Jesus Way
I know the title may sound shocking-but I believe it fits the cultural climate in which we are living. The late Timothy Keller brings this thinking out in his watershed book “Forgive, Why Should I and How Can I?” We see the results of unforgiveness and the horrific results daily playing itself out right before […]
