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This post was originally written in and scheduled for November, but never got published.
I have been talking about “Walking the Streets of Athens” in a number of places. This idea applies to anyone wanting to make a difference in other people’s lives. You need to walk their streets, understand their culture, understand their needs, and [...]

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On my way home from the societies exhibition yesterday, I popped in at the Stellenbosch Gemeente offices to pick up the “creed” (is there a better word for “geloofsbelydenis”?) recently used by the children in Stellenbosch Gemeente. The “creed” was based on what the children suggested, using their words. From the sound of it, the [...]

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This Pavarotti & Bono version of Ave Maria was performed at Stellenbosch Gemeente during their Christmas service. Sorry Pavarotti & Bono, I think SG’s version was better! OK, probably because I was there to witness it live.

So much for what, one or two posts per week? lol.

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I attended Stellenbosch Gemeente again on 6 January. The topic was “Breek uit…Passiwiteit”, or “breaking out of passivity”. Let me keep my words to a minimum, the video clip of Brian McLaren, Everything Must Change, says it all:

This clip was shown at the beginning of the sermon to set the stage. For interested parties that [...]

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UPDATE: I was wrong in this post, Shofar did have a Christmas service. My information was thus old. (A few years ago they did not have a Christmas service.) My sincerest apologies for the incorrect assumption, I will try my best to not to repeat this mistake.
On Christmas, I attended the Stellenbosch Gemeente service. [...]

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Stellenbosch Gemeente is busy with a series titled “Breek Uit”. (I was not sure whether to translate this to “Break Out” or “Break Free”. I went with “Break Free” due to inspiration from Queen.) This Sunday’s theme was “Isolasie”, presented by André Serfontein.
Homo Sapiens are a gregarious species. Theory has it that we have large [...]

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I popped into Stellenbosch Gemeente again today.
I had this idea of visiting churches around Stellenbosch, and blogging about it, mentioning what makes sense and what is rather tricky to translate, and what does not make sense.

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