We Serve a God Who Is Able to Multiply
Author Location: Germiston, South AfricaWhen Little Feels Like Not Enough This morning, as I sat with my Bible open to 2 Kings 4, I was struck anew by the stories of Elisha—how he multiplied the widow’s oil and again, bread for a hundred men. My heart remembered Jesus feeding five thousand with only five loaves […]
The Sacredness of Your Story: God Is Working Through You
Author Location: Germiston, South AfricaI used to think my story wasn’t worth telling. Maybe you know the feeling. As queer Christians, it might sometimes feel like our life doesn’t fit into the “testimony template” we see modeled in church. You know the kind: a clear before-and-after picture, complete with a neat bow of redemption. Our […]
Intimacy with Jesus
Author Location: Germiston, South AfricaScriptures: Matthew 6:6; Song of Songs 1:2; Song of Songs 8:6 There’s a quiet place we can go when the noise of the world is too loud, when the labels feel too heavy, and when we need to be reminded that we are more than the sum of what people see. […]
Healing from Rejection
Author Location: Germiston, South Africa“He was despised and rejected by others, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.” Isaiah 53:3 Rejection hurts. It cuts deeper when it comes from those who were supposed to love you […]
Who Am I?
Author Location: Germiston, South Africa“Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family…” – Ephesians 1:4–5 (NLT) Before the world was made… He chose me. Not when I got my […]
What It Really Means to Change When Christ Calls Us
Author Location: Germiston, South Africa“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” — Matthew 4:19 The Weight of That Phrase: “You Have to Change” When Christ calls us, we have to change. I believe that with my whole heart, but this statement does need context. Over the years, […]
Faith Beyond the Failures of Others
Author Location: Germiston, South AfricaServing God for Who He Is, Not Who People Say He Is Read Ps. 103:3-14 “He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him.” […]
Is There a Place for Me in the Church? A Gay Christian’s Question
Author Location: Germiston, South AfricaThe Question That Lingers in Our Hearts I am still struggling with this question: Is there a place for me in the Church? Not just in His kingdom—though that is a question that I had to wrestle with too—but in the building down the street with the cross on the steeple, […]
What if I am wrong?
Author Location: Centurion, South AfricaJust among my friends, there are many different opinions regarding theological issues – baptism, communion, the rapture, spiritual warfare, prosperity teachings, predestination, and many more. I have learned to be able to put our differences aside and focus on that which is important – on Jesus, that faith in Him is […]