Accountability: the foundation of life
So yesterday my kids ask me what the single most important thing in life is that I want them to learn. Single most? I had a few, but they wanted…
Putting a label on reality
A huge lunchtime conversation erupted in my house. My son was telling me a joke about this kid who asked his Dad who it was who decided five should come…
The painful truth about humanity
We are brainwashed! All of us. If you think you are not, the implication is dire; you are so brainwashed you are even blinded to the possibility. We are all…
Of porridge and religion
My kids love their maize meal porridge in winter. So, my 13-year-old son has taken to waking up early every morning and cooking porridge for everyone. One morning recently, I…
About Thinking!
Recently I persuaded my kids that I need to take them through a philosophy 101 class for teenagers. I suspect they agreed more out of curiosity than conviction. Our first…
Racism in my lifetime
As I write this, I am feeling particularly acheful. My wife was sharing with me how her university lecturer tore into her paper with a red pen and wrote "you…
An inconvenient truth about racism
Racism is a system that projects racialised identities. Simply put, people are racist because they have assumed an identity that is embedded in whom they have been told they are…
Transcending The Other Side Of Privilege
How Jesus showed us to transcend from the other side of privilege!
The Blindside of Privilege (Audio)
What if the most consequential leader in the history of humankind shared with you his recipe for success? Would you sit up and listen? This piece is precisely about that;…
Jesus Praying
How Jesus Taught Us To Pray
What if the most consequential leader in the history of humankind shared with you his recipe for success? Would you sit up and listen? This piece is precisely about that;…
