Dink aan die plek wat water het in die Bybel. Ons sou so baie historiese gebeurtenisse kon opnoem - dink aan die see waardeur Israel moes trek; die riviere wat hulle moes oorsteek; die invloed van reën; droogte.

“The Church was born in wind and fire, not to be a place of comfort but a people of courage.”

– David Bosch

Die wind waai waar hy wil. Jy hoor sy geluid, maar jy weet nie waar hy vandaan kom en waarheen hy gaan nie. So gebeur dit met elkeen wat uit die Gees gebore is. - Johannes 3:8

“Shalom is the human being dwelling at peace in all his or her relationships: with God, with self, with fellows, with nature." - Nicholas Wolterstorff

“All living is local: this land, this neighbourhood, these streets and houses, this work, these people."

– Eugene Peterson

Wanneer Eugene Peterson sê “Resurrection is not exclusively what happens after we die—it begins now. Resurrection is about God's new life in the midst of our everyday deaths.” en Paulus in 2 Kor 5 sê “Iemand wat aan Christus behoort, is 'n nuwe mens. Die oue is verby, die nuwe het gekom. Dit alles is die werk van God.” Hoekom voel dit nie altyd vir ons asof enige iets in of rondom ons verander nie. Dalk kan ons so op moedersdag by ma’s leer hoe leef ons hierdie intussen-lewe.

“In the resurrection of Christ the forces of the future already stream into the present and transform it, even if everything that meets the eye appears to be unchanged.”
-David Bosch

Dalk jou eerste keer hier of lanklaas hier - dit is goed om konneksie met mekaar te hê, hoe wonderlik dat tegnologie dit tog moontlik maak, al is dit oor ’n skerm. Virtuele konneksie bly konneksie en is hopelik ’n sinvolle bron van inspirasie en groei.

“Hope is subversive, precisely because it dares to admit that all is not well, and yet… something new is on the way.” - Walter Brueggemann

“Suffering is not evidence of God’s absence, but of God’s presence. And it is in our acceptance of it, our participation in it, that God is found.” Eugene Peterson