When we say “Yes” what may it involve? As I think of it three factors contribute to our agreement or consent; certainty, risk and trust. Among the exemplary biblical characters whose response to God was ‘Yes’, Abraham, Daniel, Mary and Paul come to mind among many others. Jesus stands supreme, being from his conception, the Divine ‘Yes’ in God’s redemptive purpose for the world. The dictionary...

Repeated ‘load shedding’ has a disruptive effect on our daily life. To receive electricity we rely on the ability to ‘plug in’.  When that is not possible all our electric appliances are powerless. When Bishop Tutu was questioned about the power of his Christian witness in society he replied, ‘We are like light bulbs, all we have to do is be plugged in’. To the people around him Jesus said, ’Let...

I begin with a hypothetical question: What if Christian discipleship and our relationship with God is not like enlisting in an army, but rather a personal invitation to dance? ‘Onward Christian soldiers’ being replaced with ’I danced in the morning’. The act of dancing has ancient communal, cultural and religious roots and is recorded in murals, cave drawings and ancient scripts. The Dictionary...

  Ps.30:11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing NLT. The Message puts it, ‘You ripped off my black mourning armband and decked me with flowers’. What a startling transformation of a personal situation! Rare is the person who has not suffered some kind of setback. It is an accepted fact that at some time in our life we will be faced with a setback. It happens in professional sports...