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October 30, 2015
10 Practical Ways you can get involved with bridge-building
So much good stuff happening all over the internet the last two weeks in terms of helping us understand some of the challenges we are facing. i stumbled upon this in the Warehouse’s most recent newsletter and wanted to share it with you as some really practical steps for moving forwards together. These steps apparently […]
October 28, 2015
The Bully in the Mirror
A wise teacher once told the story of a man who was on a journey, who was mugged and beaten up, robbed of all his possessions and left on the side of the street to die. About an hour later a religious leader walked by, saw the man on the ground, quickly crossed over to […]
October 27, 2015
A Frikkin Hashtag round 2: And Then The World Ended
Last week was the second official week of the South African presence on the International Trending Hashtagging game app under the hashtag @AFrikkinHashtag [Say it out loud]. Despite it happening right in the middle of all the #FeesMustFall action, we still somehow managed to briefly trend in South Africa for the first time while also […]
Morocco- I was wrong. [Glimpse into the story of a Christian moving to a Muslim country]
My Facebook friend Mandy asked if she could share a post about her recent journey into Morocco… Mandy Lea Schwarz 3 months ago my husband and I arrived in Casablanca, Morocco; although the journey began quite a few months before that. In February 2015 we agreed to interview to teach at an American School […]
October 26, 2015
How to be an Ally: Just say “No!”
This week i was hanging out with my friend Susan and she told me a story that happened recently about standing up to racism. She was in a supermarket with her two young daughters waiting to pay for her shopping. She was behind an old man of about seventy years of age who was complaining […]
Some Pictures to help you Walk through #FeesMustFall
There have been a lot of words written this last week with regards to #FeesMustFall and it can be quite overwhelming to try and wade through them all. Sometimes pictures can speak louder than words, so here is a post with some of the better pictures i have found that help to put this past […]
5 Suggestions to help you Carpe each Diem out of this week.
It’s the beginning of a new week and if you’re not careful, and a little bit intentional, before you know it it can suddenly be Friday and the week will have snuck by like just another week. i wanted to do my little bit to hopefully help you stop that from happening by suggesting five […]
October 25, 2015
An Open Letter to the Church of South Africa regarding #FeesMustFall
Dear Church in South Africa, i am not known for my brevity, but let me give this a try. Firstly, i hope you know just how much i love you. i believe you hold the hope for this nation and the world – not as a particular denomination or style of doing things or expression, […]
October 23, 2015
Nutshell Learnings from #FeesMustFall
i only have a few minutes to write this before i have to go out to do a talk [which has been much affected by this week’s events] so this will not be as meaty as it could be, but i wanted to get something out. The last few days have been kindova blur – […]
How to Spot your Friends via #FeesMustFall
They often say that during a crisis, to know who your true friends are, just look left and right. Actually i don’t know if they do say that, i just came up with it but i’m pretty sure if i try and claim it some dead guy is going to come forward and say, “Um […]
