i flew to durban with four main purposes in mind: The first was to visit and surprise my younger sister Dawn and spend some time with her Glen and my nephew Josh [i am Uncle Fish and i am cool] and some of my really great friends from years and years. The second was to do some networking for The Youth Hub which is my two-day-per-week job, writing 100 words or less youth resources and sending them [...]
In response to a piece i shared on Christmas, which among other things, invited readers to share some of their creative/revolutionary/others-focused ideas they had for celebrating Christmas, i was tweeted by Graham Heslop links to two articles, asking me to check them out. i'm not going to lie, i wasn't super enthusiastic, mostly because the idea of reading more articles feels a little bit like work. But Graham is someone i follow on the Twitterer [@avosquirrel] [...]
Wow, we're running out of Friday already and this feels like a much slower week than last week which was filled with amazing posts, shares and humouric things... But there were still some things worth checking out on the internet if you happened to miss them: MOST INSPIRATIONAL: The Guy Who Delivers HIV Medicine on His Bicycle - Get to know Sizwe Nsima's name and read his simple and powerful story ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGING: I'm Not [...]
It's true, i am the Grinch of all things Christmas. Well, maybe not all things. But christmas carols in October? i literally count the success of my year [in one way] by how late in the year i manage to hear my first christmas carol [Disclaimer: This obviously excludes the Boney M version of 'Drummer Boy' and anyone who says otherwise is clearly lying through their teeth, or maybe their barumpumpum-bum] But between all the [...]
[a guest post by Sindile Mlingo Vabaza] I will not pretend to have grasped the inherent difficulties in running a country but I think I can confidently assert that if we want not only a free and fair and just South Africa, but one that has clearly engaged it's past and moved into a post-colonial and post apartheid state, we are going to have to be both honest and have intellectual integrity no matter what [...]
So it's been a little while since the Mark Driscoll thing happened... you know the one i mean, or you probably wouldn't be in here reading this... But what has been up to? i have not really been thinking too much about him. I mean i hope him and his family are well and that he is getting the help he needs and all of that. So not on my radar at all. That is, [...]
One of the most important relationships one can have is friendship. Family is family but you get to choose your friends, and all that. i have a crazy amount of good friends who i thoroughly appreciate and thought it necessary to have some posts looking at how we can make good friends as well as be good friends to those around us - i hope you enjoy: Cheering Section: The Art of Mentoring - I [...]
When it comes to money and using it well, i believe this is something that relates to everyone, not exclusively Christ followers. But, writing as a Christ follower, i will give Biblical backing for the things i am wanting to share here, as i believe they are rooted in God's heart for humanity which looks very different to when we just let mankind get on with it by themselves. Two powerful stories comes to mind [...]
one by one or in twos they arrive starting with family who are here early to make pancakes and watch little ones and then friends also start appearing friendly and awkward chatter takes place in multiple rooms of the house flapjacks are consumed coffee is made and then drunk with equal measures of passion scattered laughter from small groups of people who have not seen each other for a while of whiles and at some point [...]
i am generally inspired, amused, educated or enlightened by a number of posts on the internet any given week and link to them via the social medias. but the week time is busy for a lot of people and so you might find that you got to the end of it and missed out on some of the posts that otherwise might have interested you. so as i look back to this past week, here [...]