Tag Archives: Questions of Life

Holding on to a Grudge is Unforgiveness and Unforgiveness is a Cancer

To hold on to a grudge, is to live in unforgiveness. Unforgiveness harms us more than it harms the person towards whom we hold it. We may say we do not care, but that won’t stop the little sore festering … Continue reading

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TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO GOD, WE NEED TO KNOW HE LOVES US UNCONDITIONALLY

  For many years I have lived as a Christian confused by the conflict of loving and fearing God at the same time.  One part of me knew God loved me, but another part of me was afraid of him. … Continue reading

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ORIGINAL BLESSING OR ORIGINAL SIN? WHICH IS IT?

Matthew Fox wrote that the promulgation of the doctrine of original sin ‘introduces an attitude of self-doubt and lack of reverence for self and one’s beauty that is thoroughly the opposite of Jewish consciousness’. I think these words hold a … Continue reading

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HOW DO WE RESPOND TO THREATS?

In South Africa we have once again had Xenophobia strike our land. There are some, maybe many who are threatened by the fact that foreigners are working whereas they are not. There is I believe a high level of resentment, … Continue reading

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Crucial decisions

Have you ever thought of how some of our most important decisions are made when we are really quite young and still maturing? What subjects are we going to study for the next 12 to 18 years? What careers are we … Continue reading

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