Monthly Archives: March 2011

Johannes het toe vir Hom gesê: “Here, ons het iemand gesien wat in u Naam duiwels uitdrywe. Ons het hom probeer keer, omdat hy ons nie volg nie.” “Moet hom nie keer nie,” s Jesus, “want daar is niemand wat … Continue reading →

Verzicht? Ja, aber doch nicht auf meine Kosten – oder meiner Gesundheit – oder meiner Familie – oder was sonst mein Herz verankert hält. Unser Herr macht uns Mut, seiner Heilsverheißung ohne Abstriche den ersten Platz einzuräumen, auch wenn es … Continue reading →

Es tut gut, wenn Frau, Kinder, Schwiegekinder, Enkel, Verwandte und Freunde, Amtsbrüder über Meere hinweg sich mitfreuen. Ebenso macht es froh, wenn Amtsbrüder aus anderen Erdteilen Dinge in Kirche und Mission in gleichem Sinn beurteilen. Die Diözese Botswana hat um … Continue reading →

“The Liturgical Heritage of Theodor Kliefoth.” In J. Bart Day and others (eds), Lord Jesus Christ, Will You Not Stay. Essays in Honor of Ronald Feuerhahn on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday. The Feuerhahn Festschrift Committee: Houston, 2002, 105-120. … Continue reading →

In dieser Woche bat mich ein Amtsbruder gebeten, ihm den Grund zu nennen, warum in der Begräbnisordnung auch von Asche zu Asche gesprochen wird. Ich habe die vorgefundene Agende in Zulu und Tswana eigentlich grundsätzlich nicht hinterfragt. Beim Gebrauch des … Continue reading →

Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety! 1 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am … Continue reading →

> More able students to study Lutheran theology and be prepared as pastors and deaconesses in Africa > Means to support teachers so that they can concentrate on teaching, preaching and research. > More bursaries for students from Africa to study Lutheran theology … Continue reading →

On Saturday, the 5th March, the LTS offered a workshop on “women and ordination”. This had been initiated by the LCSA Botswana diocesan synod in November 2010. After deliberations with the LCSA Church Council the workshop was planned at the … Continue reading →

On the 13th March—Invocavit Sunday—Thokane Skosana was inducted into his vicarage at St.Peter’s Lutheran Church in the town of Siyabuswa, KwaNdebele. Last year he finished his studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane and now he is to serve … Continue reading →

Since reading the novels of Andre Brink I have wanted to visit South Africa. The desire has grown as I have followed the course of events in this country over the last 25 years. My curiosity about the political and … Continue reading →