When I sat down with Tamsyn for coffee, I was struck by how openly and honestly she spoke about a season that had changed almost every part of her life. She is young, driven, a wife, a mother, and a businesswoman – and then cancer entered the picture and turned so much of what felt […]
The issue of sickness is always a difficult one to deal with. The key is to remember that God’s ways are higher than our ways (Isa 55:9). When we are suffering from sickness, disease, or injury, we usually focus solely on our own suffering. In the midst of a trial of sickness, it is very […]
Max Immelman loved life. He loved golf, swimming, water polo, gaming, travelling, fishing, making people laugh, doing accents, and beatboxing. His Scottish accent was apparently particularly good. His mom, Barbara-Marié, remembers the simple things too – watching him come home from school, tired and hot in his blazer, and seeing his whole face light up […]
We would never open a letter halfway through, read one sentence, and confidently claim to know everything the writer meant. Yet it is surprisingly easy to approach the Bible that way. Every verse of Scripture has a context. Understanding that context helps us hear what God has actually revealed rather than unintentionally placing our own […]