Is faith synonymous with doubt?
by Stephan Joubert Last week I again encountered Wilhelm Jordaan’s article on faith, doubt and pain that was published in Die Beeld on...
You lose when you want to outrun, outplay and outwit others
by Stephan Joubert At a banquet Jesus observed how some of the guests rushed to take the best seats assigned for the special guests...
Is it Proverbs 26:4 or Proverbs 26:5?
by Stephan Joubert One of the movies from my youth that had a great impression on me is Fiddler on the Roof. Maybe you also saw it?...
We’re not supposed to be the end users of God’s power
by Stephan Joubert God’s power is revealed in human weakness, Paul says (2 Cor 12:8). This won’t make sense to many people in church...
En route to simplicity and a second naivety
by Stephan Joubert We need a second naiveté. Our disillusionments with life’s painful certainties and uncertainties should give birth...
Do you remember where you were that day?
by Stephan Joubert If you are a rugby fan, then you’ll never forget that drop kick by Joel Stransky that clinched the 1995 World Cup...
Are Facebook and Twitter hangouts for digital street-fighters and self–lovers only?
by Stephan Joubert Are Twitter and Facebook really social conversation and sharing spaces? Or is what a recent article found true: that...
More love in the coffee shop than in the church
by Stephan Joubert While I’m currently on a two month teaching stint in the Netherlands, we explored the German city Solingen last...
The problem: we grow up
by Stephan Joubert The problem is that we all grow up. We are adults. And we remain adults. Grown–ups have few questions, but many...
This is how you recognize religious– and other street–fighters
by Stephan Joubert Religious suspicion–sowers abound. So also those atheistic brigades that make it their hobby to take out...
