22 Augustus 2021 “There are no ‘if's’ in God's world. And no places that are safer than other places. The centre of His will is our only safety. Let us pray that we may always know it” ― Corrie Ten Boom — Met ʼn Spirituele GPS in die hand stap ons dié maand ʼn Pad terug na God. Van oorgawe na […]
11 Augustus 2021 “There can be no personal liberty, without personal responsibility.” ― Wolfgang von Goethe — Met die nalees van laas week se brief, en na aanleiding van Sondag se gesprek in ons Sirkel, het ek besef dat die PAD TERUG NA GOD begin met OORGAWE (surrender). Die tweede wegwyser is VERANTWOORDELIKHEID en pas daarna is […]
4 Augustus 2021 “The ultimate act of power, is surrender.” ― Ram Dass — Ons reis hierdie maand met ʼn landkaart en kompas wat ons op pad vat na ons Ware Noord. Ons vra weer die oeroue, belangrike vrae: wie is ek; waar kom ek vandaan; waarheen is ek op pad; en wat vat ek saam vir die reis? […]
28 Julie 2021 “It is possible to be apart, But it is impossible to not be a part.” ― A Course in Miracles — Ná Covid voel dit of my oë met ʼn flinke stap agteruitgegaan het. Die afgelope jaar sukkel ek met brille en was al by verskeie oogkundiges en selfs ʼn oogspesialis. Eers […]
21 Julie 2021 “If you are not present in the present, then there is no presence.” ― Fr. Richard Rohr — Eerstens wil ek opreg dankie sê vir al die verjaarsdagboodskappe en -wense. Dit is hartverwarmend dat soveel mense die moeite doen om ʼn boodskap te stuur wat ʼn mens oorrompel met almal se liefde […]
14 Julie 2021 “Why do we only REST IN PEACE, why don’t we LIVE IN PEACE too?” ― Graffiti On A Wall — Ons gesels hierdie maand oor: Die Skoenlapper Effek. Op 26 Desember 2004 was daar ʼn aardbewing aan die Weskus van Sumatra Indonesië … 230,000 mense, in 14 lande, sou hul lewe verloor deur […]
“In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t.” — Desmond Tutu — Iemand wat ek glad […]
30 Junie 2021 “Small shifts in your thinking, and small changes in your energy, can lead to massive alterations of the end result.” ― Kevin Michel — Op Netflix is ʼn reeks, Queen of the South, waar die hoofkarakter se ‘Guardian’ vir haar dié interessante feit vertel — “There's a flower that grows in the darkness. […]
16 Junie 2021 “What matters most is how well you walk through fire.” ― Charles Bukowski — Die vroegoggend winterson kleur eers die kruin van Tafelberg in en dan stadig sak die lig af tot die stad gulsig drink van die son se vuur. Met ʼn koppie koffie in die hand verlustig ek my aan […]
8 Junie 2021 “Know it well, love is its meaning. Who reveals this to you? Love. What does he reveal? Love. Why? For Love.” ― Lady Julian of Norwich — Van kleinsaf is ons geleer om ‘nie met vuur te speel nie…’ letterlik omdat dit die huis kan afbrand, maar figuurlik omdat dit ly tot teenspoed en […]
2 Junie 2021 “The mind is not a vessel to be filled, But a fire to be kindled.” ― Plutarch — ʼn Nuwe maand en moeilik om te glo ons is in die helfte van die jaar. Die Winter is hier en dis tyd vir warmkomberse, serpe, en ʼn mus. Dit is ook die mooiste […]
26 Mei 2021 “You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” ― Roy T. Bennett — Vir ʼn maand lank gesels ons oor HERFS as die seisoen wat ons leer om TE LAAT GAAN … en eerskomende Sondag sluit ons hierdie gesprek af met: HERFS weet iets […]
19 Mei 2021 “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.” ― A Course in Miracles — In hierdie openingswoorde van A Course in Miracles lê ʼn enorme waarheid opgesluit, naamlik: waarheid is altyd waar en geen leuen, illusie, of onsin kan dit ooit onwaar maak nie. As iets NIE waar […]
12 Mei 2021 “Forget what hurt you but never forget what it taught you.” ― Shannon L. Alder — Hierdie maand se gesprek gaan oor HERFS en die les wat hierdie seisoen bring naamlik — om te laat gaan. Ons het Sondag afgesluit met dié aanhaling van Akiroq Brost … “Stop questioning everything. Stop second-guessing yourself. […]
5 Mei 2021 Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.” ― Samuel Butler — Soos laas week genoem, Herfs is my gunsteling seisoen. Miskien vanweë die feit dat my lewe nog altyd meer Herfs as enige ander seisoen was. Vir die grootste gedeelte meestal ‘tussen-in’ … voortdurend tussen ʼn […]
28 April 2021 Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.” ― Yoko Ono — April het soveel vakansiedae dat mens nie weet of dit Dingaansdag, Guy Fawkes, of My Fair Lady is nie. Wat ons wel weet van […]
21 April 2021 “Your true character is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do ‘nothing’ for you.” ― Mother Teresa — Ek het grootgeword in ʼn milieu waar die Christus-boodskap so deel van my bestaan was soos ons spys en drank, ʼn swart fiets en boomhuis in ʼn maroelaboom. Elke oggend […]
14 April 2021 “What death says is: Meet yourself!” ― Martin Versfeld — Daar word gesê dat sedert die eerste homo sapiens (mense soos ons) sowat 70 000 jaar gelede geleef het, is daar reeds 110 biljoen mense op dié planeet gebore. Vandag is daar bykans 8 biljoen mense op Aarde, waarvan 2 biljoen hulself as Christene […]
7 April 2021 “We live and die; Christ died and lived!” ― John Stott — Die ‘opstanding’ van Jesus (i.e. anastasis and awakening of Jesus) is vir elke Christen die hoeksteen van ʼn God- en wêreldbeskouing wat ʼn hele nuwe perspektief bied op wat LEWE beteken. Die simboliese taal van die kruisiging is die dood van […]
31 Maart 2021 “Very simply, the resurrection is the overcoming of death. It is a reawakening; a rebirth; a change of mind about the meaning of the world.” ― A Course in Miracles — Laat my begin om dankie te sê vir almal wat die laaste maand ons Sondae Sirkel bygewoon het. Dit is hartverblydend […]
24 Maart 2021 “We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind.” ― A. W. Tozer — Ek glo in GOD — nie ʼn Apostoliese God, of Protestantse God, ʼn Joodse of Christen God nie. Daar is nie iets soos ʼn Christen […]
17 Maart 2021 “He who thinks half-heartedly will not believe in God; but he who really thinks has to believe in God.” ― Isaac Newton — Ons sit ons gesprek oor JESUS voort … en het reeds gesels oor die inhoud en invloed van sy lewe. Laas week het ons spesifiek stilgestaan by Matteus se interpretasie […]
10 Maart 2021 “Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more … and grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less.” ― Philip Yancey — Ons gesprek hierdie maand gaan oor die Joodse man met die naam JESUS. Die meeste van ons het grootgeword in […]
3 Maart 2021 “The wound is the place, where the Light enters you.” ― Rumi — Ons almal, selfs mense buite die Christen-tradisie, weet wie Jesus is. Meeste van ons het hom leer ken toe ons kinders was. Almal het ʼn indruk van Jesus, ʼn soort beeld van hom, hoe vaag of spesifiek dit ook al mag wees. Vir die […]
24 Februarie 2021 “If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.” ― Carlos Santana — Vir solank as wat ek kan onthou, is ek aangetrokke tot die mistiek. My nuuskierigheid oor die skepping in die algemeen en in besonder ons plek daarin; hoe die liefde sy pad vind tussen twee mense; hoe ʼn embrio […]
17 Februarie 2021 “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh — As jy toegang het tot tegnologie om hierdie woorde te kan lees, ʼn dak oor jou kop en iets om te eet in die yskas, ʼn bed om […]
10 Februarie 2021 “I never ask God for success, or wisdom, power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.” ― Abraham Joshua Heschel — Dis met vreugde dat ons eerskomende Sondag weer begin met ons Sirkel. Ons begin 10vm en die eerste 50 wat kom, kry ʼn sitplek. Ek sien met […]
3 Februarie 2021 “There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” ― Kahlil Gibran ― Die laaste 10 maande is ons blootgestel aan soveel emosies. Daar is skok oor ʼn pandemie en wat daarmee gepaardgaan; daar is ontkenning dat net ‘ander mense’ die virus gaan kry; en meer as ʼn handvol ‘conspiracy theories’ wat die […]
27 Januarie 2021 “Loss brings you back to your true self.” ― Bert McCoy — Meestal, nie altyd nie, gaan die eerste helfte van ons lewe oor vorm en die tweede helfte gaan oor inhoud. Die eerste helfte gaan oor storm en drang, kompetisie en bymekaarmaak. Dit gaan oor ambisie en sukses, oor sosiale en materiële status en die […]
20 Januarie 2021 Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received – only what you have given.” ― Francis of Assisi — Mag ek begin met ʼn vreemde stelling — die doel van die lewe gaan nie primêr net om ‘gelukkig’ (happy) te wees nie, maar hoe om ʼn sinvolle lewe […]
“We only live once.” says he. “Wrong! We only die once. We live every day!” ― Anonymous — Vandag se ‘Broodjie’ is seker 10x van vooraf begin ... sal ons iets opbouend en bemoedigend sê oor die jaar wat voorlê, of sal ons praat oor God en Christus noem? Wat beplan is om oor te skryf, het verdamp in verdriet. My […]
6 Januarie 2021 “One day when you wake up, you will find that you have become a forest. You have grown roots and found strength in them that no one thought you had. You have become stronger and more beautiful, full of life-giving qualities. You have learned to take all the negativity around you and […]
1 Januarie 2021 “My faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.” ― President Jimmy Carter ♦ Laat my begin deur uit die diepte van my hart vir elkeen van julle ʼn Gesonde en […]
23 Desember 2020 “The willingness to show up changes us, It makes us a little braver each time.” ― Brené Brown |NB! Ons Kersdiens is Vrydag 9:00 en daar is GEEN diens eerskomende Sondag (27/12) nie.| Kersfees 2020 — die jaar het gekom en gegaan, en wat ʼn jaar was dit nie. Verseker is dit ʼn jaar waaroor ons […]
16 Desember 2020 “Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment.” — John O'Donohue Vir die eerste keer in my lewe moes ek ʼn Woensdag-e-pos op […]
9 Desember 2020 “Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honour their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.” — Maya Angelo Kersfees — waar die ‘KERS’ ons herinner aan die Lig van die wêreld wat in en deur ons skyn (Matt 5:14), en ‘FEES’ is die herdenking […]
2 Desember 2020 “The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.” —Thomas Merton Desember — en Boney M blêr (weer) in die winkelsentrums waar plastiek dennebome, met watte wat soos sneeu moet lyk terwyl dit 36°C […]
25 November 2020 "Know it well, Love is its meaning. Who reveals this to you? Love. What does he reveal? Love. Why? For Love." — Lady Julian of Norwich (1343AC-1416AC) Die laaste vier weke gesels ons oor die tema — DIE FONTEIN VAN LEWE — met die mantra uit Psalm 36:8 wat sê, “From the river of your delight […]
18 November 2020 “No despair of ours can alter the reality of things, nor stain the joy of the cosmic dance, which is always there.” —Thomas Merton Die laaste paar dae was ek opnuut oorweldig met verwondering oor tegnologie terwyl ek sit en kyk hoe Dragon (SpaceX se ruimtekapsule) anker met die ISS (International Space […]
11 November 2020 “Light is not so much what you directly see as that by which you see everything else.” — Richard Rohr, ‘The Universal Christ’ Wat Fr Richard hier sê oor LIG is ook waar van water. Ons is nie elke dag bewus van die FONTEIN nie en tog sal niks om ons bestaan […]
28 Oktober 2020 As ʼn klein seuntjie het ek my pa gevra, “Hoe weet mens God is daar as jy hom nie kan sien nie?” My pa het my buitentoe gevat en op die gras laat staan en gevra of ek die wind kan voel waai. “Ja, ek kan!” was my antwoord en toe sê hy, “... ons kan die […]
21 Oktober 2020 “Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.” ― Anonymous Kan ek begin deur my opregte dank uit te spreek teenoor almal wat met liefde en deernis die laaste paar dae hul innige meegevoel betuig het met my pa se […]
14 Oktober 2020 “Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity.” ― Charlie Chaplin Die oomblik wanneer ons iemand sien, vorm ons ʼn ‘opinie’ van iemand. Ons plaas ʼn ‘label’ om sy of haar nek wat geskryf is met die […]
7 Oktober 2020 “We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns.” ― Tom Waits Ons tema vir die maand is: WYSHEID — Divine Understanding and Divine Wisdom. Laas week het ons begin met die eerste […]
30 September 2020 “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” ― Aristotle Ons ganse samelewing is daarop gerig om ons van kleinsaf te leer dat ons moet presteer. Ons moet ‘eerste staan’ in die klas om eendag ‘suksesvol’ te kan wees. Eersgenoemde het te doen met ons intellektuele kapasiteit en laasgenoemde met ons finansiële […]
23 September 2020 “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.” — Mohandas Gandhi — Ons tema vir die maand is — PEACE OF MIND — en het reeds gesels oor serenity and simplicity, en toe oor sincerity en eerskomende Sondag sluit ons die tema af met ʼn gesprek oor sufficiency. “Sufficiency isn't two steps up from poverty or […]
16 September 2020 “Sincerity increases willingness to care.” — Toba Beta — Ons tema vir hierdie maand is — PEACE OF MIND — en het reeds gesels oor serenity and simplicity, en eerskomende Sondag gesels ons oor SINCERITY. SINCERITY is altyd die eerste hoofstuk in die boek oor Wysheid. Waarvan praat ons as ons praat van sincerity — honesty, genuineness, truthfulness, integrity, trustworthiness, […]
9 September 2020 “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” — Albert Einstein — Ons gesels hierdie maand oor die vier pilare van — PEACE OF MIND — en het reeds gesels oor serenity en eerskomende Sondag gesels ons oor SIMPLICITY. Meister Eckhart, ʼn 14de eeu se mystic het gesê, “God is infinite in His […]
2 September 2020 “God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, Courage to change the things which should be changed, and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.” — Reinhold Niebuhr: Serenity Prayer — Vroeër, in die ou dae, het ons op 1 September gesing, “Hol-la-dri-o-ha, hol-la-dri-o ... […]
26 Augustus 2020 “When you love who YOU are, your relationships will be healthier and your life will be happier.” — Stephanie Lahart — Wat ʼn wonderlike reis was dit nie die laaste maand om die betekenis van 'KEN JOUSELF' te skil en oop te breek soos ʼn lemoen nie. Ons het begin met ʼn prelude […]
19 Augustus 2020 “The two most important days in life are the day you are born and the day you discover the reason why.” — Mark Twain — Ons gesels hierdie maand oor die tema — ‘KNOW THYSELF’ en het reeds die volgende onderstreep: om jouself te ken [1] is om die waarheid van jouself vir jouself te kan […]
12 Augustus 2020 “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful […]
