Leanne Johnson
- Jun 19, 2018
- 9 min
The art of not forgetting
The following excerpt is the eye witness account by Theresa M, who was an 8 year old Tutsi girl at the time of the Rwandan genocide:...
Leanne Johnson
- Jun 5, 2018
- 8 min
When you get to the swings
Early childhood memories, before the age of 6, are generally few and vague. The ones you do have tend to be dreamlike - the clarity of...
Leanne Johnson
- May 22, 2018
- 4 min
Book Review: While the World Watched
'While the World Watched' is not just the coming of age story of a fourteen year old girl in the American South during the Civil Rights...
Leanne Johnson
- May 15, 2018
- 9 min
'That don't impress me much'
My fascination with the British royal family dwindled after Lady Diana’s death that Sunday morning in 1997. It had all begun in 1981 in...
John Koning
- May 8, 2018
- 10 min
Confessions from a Pastor's desk
In reflecting on many years in full- time ministry, two things are clear: I have messed up a lot and I have been burned badly. I have...
Leanne Johnson
- May 1, 2018
- 8 min
Dear John...
Song lyrics are a melodic window into the soul of universal emotions and experiences. ‘It must have been love, but it's over now.’...
Leanne Johnson
- Apr 17, 2018
- 7 min
He had a dream
In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his ‘I have a dream’ speech. Fifty years ago, on the 4th April 1968, he was assassinated for that...
Leanne Johnson
- Apr 10, 2018
- 7 min
I am woman
As I look at my daughter, on the brink of womanhood, there is nothing I wish more for her, as a daughter of God, than to embrace her...
Leanne Johnson
- Mar 31, 2018
- 2 min
A letter from home
He sat in the trenches, the sounds of war deafening. The horror of dying men’s shrill death cries and guttural last breaths assaulting...
Interviewed by Leanne Johnson
- Mar 27, 2018
- 7 min
Guest interview: Leanne Govender
In getting to know Leanne, it is her gentle and quiet spirit and kindness of speech that shine brightly. As a mom and a woman in the...
Leanne Johnson
- Mar 13, 2018
- 7 min
Suffering...my uninvited friend
‘You can’t choose your family, but you can choose your friends.’ This statement is not completely true. Sometimes there is a friend who...
Leanne Johnson
- Feb 27, 2018
- 7 min
The hand that rocks the cradle
'The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.’ This is the repeated refrain from the poem by William Ross Wallace, published in 1865,...
Leanne Johnson
- Feb 13, 2018
- 7 min
Gospel Ubuntu
I came across this quote by Charles Spurgeon: ‘Still, imperfect as it is, it [the church] is our dearest place on earth.’ It is a very...
Leanne Johnson
- Feb 6, 2018
- 6 min
Interracial Relationships
Every now and then, conversations come across our paths that push us out of our comfort zones. These conversations are not necessarily...
Leanne Johnson
- Jan 30, 2018
- 10 min
Hashtag: The Millennial Dilemma
If you were born between 1982 and 2004, then according to the experts, you are classified as belonging to the Millennial generation or...
Nomfundo Maseko
- Jan 16, 2018
- 5 min
Hold every desire with open hands
From the time the Lord saved me at the age of fifteen in 2010, I had a strong desire to be a Medical Doctor. I was in Grade 9 and about...
Leanne Johnson
- Jan 2, 2018
- 9 min
Finding my 'inner gypsy'
The initial prescribed and required introduction and salutation at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is: ‘Hi, my name is … and I am an...
Leanne Johnson
- Dec 19, 2017
- 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...
Interviewed by Leanne Johnson
- Dec 5, 2017
- 6 min
Guest Interview: Ife Omai
They say dynamite comes in small packages and that is certainly my perception of Ife. She is petite, but her personality is larger than...
Leanne Johnson
- Nov 21, 2017
- 7 min
Dear Bride-to-be
‘Marriage is a mosaic you build with your spouse. Millions of tiny moments that create your love story.’ [Jennifer Smith, author] I was...
