This was the 4th book launch i have done for 'i, church' and the first one in Durban. And what another incredible evening it was. Firstly, we decided to do a small change with this one and focus on the Q & A aspect of the evening which was a highlight for me from each of the previous launches. And as a bonus, i got the chance to preach at 3 Westville Baptist church services [...]
So, discovering this thing a few days late, but tbV pointed it out to me and with a recent spate of poetry coming out of me both here and here, it feels like a good thing to jump into - [Inter]National Poetry Writing Month where you get a prompt a day and write a poem based on it... The first poem challenge was a poem of negation that involves describing something in terms of what [...]
The other day i wrote a poem titled 'to them who have ears' and just thinking about it a little more today, have dubbed it a choir poem - as in those who get what it's about and who agree will totally be reading and nodding and cheering and liking and sharing... but those who don't, are unlikely to even read it and if they somehow do, unlikely to understand the point trying to be made... [...]
to the ones who feel like they're constantly defending please won't you stop for a second and help me on this shine some clarity on the situation because i really don't understand what it is about this that makes you not want to listen please help me recognise what it is that keeps you from engaging in this conversation as if taking some time to lend me your ears will result in a group of [...]
My friend Avuyile, wrote a response to my poem, 'i not me', that i posted earlier today and i felt that it deserved it's own space here on the blog and Avuyile gave me permission. i hope each one of us will take time to really listen to these words... I am meek, for in my meekness I am forced to tolerate you imposing your ideas into my system. I suffer in silence for my [...]
So typically i prefer TABOO TOPIC posts to have a face and a name to help make the issues being discussed more 'real person' to other people going through them. But i am going to make an exception in this case as it is a friend who i know sharing the story and the nature of the story is needing some protection from family and friends... but i hope this will be an encouragement and [...]
So a lot of people without tattoos ask the question, 'Just how painful is it?' The reason they don't know is that it is a very tough question to answer. But i will give it a shot. Also it is important to know that where you get your tattoo makes a difference - while inside of the arm has some degree of pain to it, i can quite imagine it is not as bad as [...]
Following on from the previous post asking if it is okay for a follower of Jesus to get a tattoo, i thought i would share the story behind my tattoo: THE PLACE For the longest time i thought it was going to be tennis ball sized and on my left shoulder. Then quite recently, when i started seriously thinking about it [has been on and off thought for at least five years] i realised that [...]
This is an interesting psalm: the heading in my bible says, 'Of Solomon' and yet verse 29 says 'this concludes the prayers of David, son of Jesse' so who actually wrote it? And if you read the psalm it is talking about the king and how great he is going to be, so if Solomon did write this himself then it seems to smack of a little bit of 'Look at me! Look how great [...]
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 [...]