
Leanne Johnson
- Aug 9, 2021
- 7 min
Women’s Day - Celebrating & Protecting an Endangered View of Womanhood
For the last 250 years, women have been on a mission - fighting for and fighting against. Fighting to be seen and heard, to be taken...

Leanne Johnson
- Jul 5, 2020
- 6 min
#BlackLivesMatter -
What my silence is saying
Every social media hashtag comes with a message and a following, intended for connectedness and commonality. George Floyd’s death on the...

Leanne Johnson
- Nov 7, 2019
- 6 min
Kanye West - A radical remix
What do I know of Kanye West? Not much. I know he is considered to be one of the greatest rap artists of our time and a really big name...

Leanne Johnson
- Aug 5, 2019
- 5 min
Joshua Harris ‘Kisses Christianity Goodbye’ – A dangerous farewell
Joshua Harris’ fame has spread and his influence and persona have morphed over a couple of decades. The most recent limelight has been...

Leanne Johnson
- Jun 29, 2019
- 8 min
Little shoes and the 'Freudian' dilemma
We live in a broken and messed up world and it impacts all aspects of society. If I didn’t truly appreciate this before, I do now. When...

Leanne Johnson
- Mar 5, 2019
- 7 min
Don't forget the wilderness
'Desert’ or ‘wilderness’ experiences are not generally part of our life’s plan.The spiritual wilderness experience is not what we would...

Leanne Johnson
- Dec 30, 2018
- 8 min
Not just another day
I am guessing, that for most people, the 30th December is just another day. An ordinary day when the sun rises again, heralding in the...

Leanne Johnson
- Dec 18, 2018
- 7 min
Look again
I am sure you remember those holiday quiz books, crammed full of activities to keep children busy; 'word scrambles,' 'join the dots' and...

Leanne Johnson
- Nov 20, 2018
- 3 min
Black girl, White girl...Friends forever
We love Fairy Tales because in the magical world of these wonderful tales, anything can happen. Dragons are slain, princes are rescuing...

Leanne Johnson
- Oct 23, 2018
- 8 min
To question or not to question? That is the question.
We generally ask questions because we want answers. From the incessant ‘why’s’ of an inquisitive 3-year old and deep philosophical life...

Leanne Johnson
- Sep 25, 2018
- 8 min
'Pick me'
In one of the earliest seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, there is that poignant scene where Meredith stands before Derek and simply says, ‘Pick...

Leanne Johnson
- Sep 3, 2018
- 9 min
Where have all the young men gone?
'Where have all the young men gone?' This was the ready question and lament on the lips of fathers, mothers and young women in 1919 and...

Leanne Johnson
- Aug 21, 2018
- 6 min
An open letter to a mom whose child has just been diagnosed with cancer...
I recently sent a personal letter to a mom whose teenage son had just been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. I do not know this mom...

Leanne Johnson
- Aug 7, 2018
- 6 min
Role play
It was 4am on a wintry Johannesburg morning. I was, once again, waving goodbye to my eldest son as he left to drive back to University,...

Leanne Johnson
- Jul 24, 2018
- 7 min
Should we 'dis' Christian Rap?
'If in one unfortunate moment you took everything that I own, everything you've given from heaven above and everything that I've ever...