It was quite a week….. Last week Friday we picked ourselves off the floor and asked “What happened?” The story began on Wednesday May 11. We were tracking a storm on our storm tracking app. It had come up from Nebraska and promised high winds, thunder and hail. I had a Bible study at the […]
“…the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves.” (Luke 22:26). This week South Africans had a national holiday to remind its citizens about the sacrifices that accompanied the struggle for a democratic system of governance. Democracy is understood to be a fragile gift, won at great cost. […]
The trucks around me had their engines running – with nobody inside of them. I had parked outside of the local store where we usually do our shopping. I was dashing in for a moment to collect some necessary essentials: soup for supper (because it is cold); and ice cream for supper (because cold ice […]
Every time your feet touch our Mother Earth Our souls will feel the pull of those Who have walked before us (William WindWalker) “Vasco da Gama discovered South Africa”. I remember my history teacher teaching me that the Portuguese mariners sailed around Africa and were the first to discover my home city of Cape […]
My country is on fire. And I am 10 000 miles away from home. Over the past few days people rampaged through shopping centres, looted stores, carrying off whatever they could lay hands on and burning everything else. Protesters shut down roads, torched trucks that were trapped by the impromptu road-blocks, and stoned any motor vehicles […]
This was my contribution to the local newspaper in Brookings, South Dakota, this week: One recurring word in our society is “freedom”. Most recently we are hearing the desire to be free to decide if we wear a mask, and the freedom to decide whether to be vaccinated (or not). This is not surprising, as […]
A year ago we moved to our new home in Brookings, South Dakota: the temperature was a maximum of -2F and minimum -24F. One year later nothing has changed: I woke up this morning to -18f and for most of today the temperature warmed up to -6F. Apart from that EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED. We have […]
I have just redone my driving license. And I was far more apprehensive this time than I was 45 years ago. The day I turned 18 I wrote my learner’s license exam in Cape Town – the first day that I was legally able to write it. I was so eager to drive that I […]
Rev 19:5 And from the throne came a voice saying, “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great.” 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, […]
It has become a worldwide tradition at this time of the year to remember those who have served in the military, and especially those who have died in war. I come from a long line of soldiers. Among my ancestors was Sir Simon Fraser [the Patriot], who was captured fighting alongside William Wallace for the […]
