• Our resignation and the future

    Last Friday I announced my resignation as the paid pastor of Claypot. In the following few paragraphs I’m going to try to explain what led to this decision, what the decision is not and also some possibilities for the future….

  • A resurrection response to the situation in SA

    Over Easter weekend our South African society has yet another dark cloud hanging over her. With the murder of Eugene Terre’Blanche, the race relations in SA are being strained again. The right-wing organization the AWB voiced their opinion that the…

  • The rich young ruler as a first person reading.

    Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. – Mark Twain
 When I went to high school, teachers could still give us corporal punishment….

  • A dispatch from the lenten wilderness

    As you’ve probably noticed I haven’t blogged regularly. The main reason for this is that I’m fasting technology during Lent after 5pm. It is not the only reason. The other is that I’m going through a very intense wilderness in…