WHAT DOES SARA WESSLIN AND HANNAH OF THE BIBLE HAVE IN COMMON?

SARA WESSLIN   She is Skolt Sami a journalist and listed among the world's 100 most influential women. There are about 1200 Skolt Sámi living in the border areas between Finland, Russia and Norway. Not all speak the language. And she is actively pursuing to save her language from extinction. If you want to read about her click on this link.  Hannah of the Bible was also a lonely women and barren at that. And that...

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NEW YEAR, NEW DECADE WAITING FOR US 2020: GRAPHIC IMAGES: WARNING

THE SAME MESSAGE FROM LAST DECADE? NO - NOT SO!  IT'S FOR 2020 I am still planting flowers and vegetables and tending my 5 hens for their eggs. Yes, they give me 4 - 5 eggs per day. I have just harvested just enough beans for supper tonight. My own homegrown beans from our garden. And I have legal work to do - I am still useful and required by clients to assist them with their legal problems. And I have not lost faith in Christ Jesus...

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THE CHRISTMAS STORY - ANIMATED BY MIHAIL ALDASHIN ROZHDESTVO

UNITED NATIONS - WORLD'S PEACE KEEPING FORCE There are hundreds of animations on YouTube available. And more so with the Christmas theme of Christ being born in Bethlehem. One of the best I have seen is by this Russian artist Mikhail Aldashin Rozhdestvo - and I give him all the credit I can muster for his wonderful creative spirit and I ask you to join me enjoying his viewpoint by clicking on this link. Of course you cannot watch this YouTube...

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SIYA KOLISI - ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON TO RESTORE HOPE

All it takes is one person to restore hope! Wow! Do you believe that? I do. SIYA KOLISI - SPRINGBOK CAPTAIN 2019 This is the message I got from our South African Springbok Captain during 2019 - it was one teached in his school that got thru to Siya. And as Siya says: "You must say yes to God. And then things will happen to you." Listen to his story by clicking on this link. He tells his story with such humility and honesty and that is striking....

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EQUATING WEALTH WITH VIRTUE IS A VERY BAD IDEA

The Chapel at Bishops Cape Town Photo credit: News24 dated 21 October 2019 Interesting heading not so? One would think that virtue and wealth go hand in hand. The one flowing from the other. Not so! Far from it. Why do I say so? There is a very sad but true story that underscores the heading that to equate wealth the virtue is a very bad idea. It all started at the very wealthy and posh school in Cape Town called Bishops. A young teacher had...

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SOUTH AFRICA HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE THAT LIES AHEAD - WE HAVE TO WORK ON THIS IDEAL

I have just read with growing concern, the latest crime statistics officially released by the Commissioner of Police. People whatsapp me videos purportedly of the recent xenophobic violence in Pretoria and it is really disturbing to watch. I receive SMS's and whatsapp's about our water supply - and it is distressing. You stand among people at braaivleis [barbecues in Afrikaans] fires and all they can discuss is either the lousy beer they are...

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In a time of destruction, create ...

Your creative thinking processes In a time of destruction, create something: a poem, a parade, a community, a school, a moral principle or one peaceful moment. Sculpt something. Smell a flower. Count the petals in a flower. Look at my monochromatic image of our white stinkwoodtree.  We visited a friend who had an extremely serious surgical operation and we returned home fully charged and so wonderfully excited and inspired by life...

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