Ukraine – One year later: 6 Questions of significance
On 24 February, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised ‘special military operations’ in eastern Ukraine. Now, nearly a year later, experts say neither side is close to winning and that the world should brace itself for continued conflict. To understand the current conflict and pray with insight, here are six questions of significance
ANGUISH: Having eyes to cry with
Do you have eyes that cry for the people of Turkey and the people of Syria?
COURAGE: for those beyond the Syrian debris
The Syrians need courage, more than ever before. Courage to endure, to persevere and to survive. But the passive bystanders, removed from the debris of Aleppo, also needs courage, but a different kind of courage.
PROJECT HOPE
Hope is a precious commodity that seems to disappear when one loses sight of it. The rubble in Aleppo contains more than just mortar and bricks, it is also the graveyard of buried dreams and hopes.
We have the ability, the presence, and the resources to restore it.
TURKEY EARTHQUAKE – a discriminating disaster
When tragedy strikes, there will always be a clear divide between the ‘fortunate unfortunate’ and ‘unfortunate unfortunate’. There are five reasons why the Turkey earthquake places Syria on the edge of an epic tragedy, even more so than Turkey itself.
GRATITUDE: a triptych of virtues
How do we as Christians respond to the unhappiness of load-shedding, the dissatisfaction of corruption, and the despair of crime? Biblically, the answer is found in GRATITUDE. But we often make the mistake of seeing gratitude as a single virtue that simply means to be thankful. WRONG! There are three virtues that believers need to pursue that form a ‘triptych’ of what will ultimately reveal the full picture of gratitude
TENDER-HEARTEDNESS: the virtue and the mirror of faith
Tender-heartedness is probably the one virtue that will best reveal the God that we serve.
WHINING AND DINING: A solution to load-shedding
I have always known South Africans to be a resilient people. A nothing-will-get-us-down people. A boer-maak-n-plan nation. NOT anymore. We have become a nation of whiners – kla-kouse per excellence. So what is the solution?
THE VIRTUE OF ACCEPTANCE – Not being a ‘taker of faces’
Virtues are at the core of our character, and character ultimately determines destiny. The more we acknowledge the potential impact that practicing virtues can have on our lives, and the lives of those around us, the more we will seek to grow in this regard.
Project Jonathan
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