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Book review: JOY! Magazine

I'm very proud to see a review of Let Your Heart Take Flight in the October edition of the South African JOY! Magazine. What a wonderful opportunity for so many to learn about my book who would otherwise never have known of it; I'm thankful for it. I pray that my book will fly far and wide because of it.

If you are not in South Africa, don't dismay. For more about the book or how to get your copy (anywhere in the world) simply click here.

If you already have your copy I want to thank you for supporting me. I sincerely hope you are enjoying it and that God is sharing wonderful and intimate truths with your heart - taking you from glory to glory and strength to strength.

I am so curious to hear what God has done (is doing) in your life. Please share your stories (testimonies) with me. You can either contact me using the contact form or e-mail address provided on the right hand side of this page, or you can share your comments right here on What people are saying. Either way, I can't wait to hear how Let Your Heart Take Flight is making a difference in your life!

It's almost weekend. What a better way to spend it than to kick back and relax with a good book or (JOY!) Magazine ;) ? I hope you have a wonderfully blessed weekend.

It's finally arrived: CBA's International Christian Retail Show 2014!

Until three months ago, if anyone had asked me about ICRS, my response would have been something like "...the International Christian what?" but today I am super proud and very excited to announce that my new book Let Your Heart Take Flight will be featuring in the 2014 show, starting tomorrow, 22nd to 25th of June. This is indeed, as the CBA banner rightfully states, cause to celebrate!

Why is the International Christian Retail Show a big deal? Because for years this event has been creating an opportunity for Christian resources and church leaders to meet, gathering thousands of people, products, services, media, authors, artists and craftspeople from across the US and more than 60 countries in one place. And this year the show will be celebrating its 65th year of worship, information, food, networking and - of course - great books. They must be doing something right, don't you agree? 

My book will be on display with Westbow Press, a Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan. For more information on the show (including an events schedule) you can visit their website on www.christianretailshow.com, and if you're in the vicinity, why don't you peek in and check it out? I hear Atlanta, Georgia is an awesome city!

I am so proud and privileged to be part of this event and spreading the good news of the Gospel.

Do you have your copy of Let Your Heart Take Flight yet? If you can't make it to Atlanta you don't have to miss out. Simply click here - it's that easy. And remember, if you are a digital reader fan like myself, you can even have your copy signed by myself by simply clicking the authorgraph icon to the right of this post.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Don't despise the day of small beginnings

Sometimes we're at the beginning (no matter how small that may be), sometimes we're in the middle and on our way there, and sometimes we're right in the middle of it and we don't even realize it. Then, of course there are times when we simply don't have a clue.

And then there's Godzilla and the "worm guy"... Sometimes God takes me to Hollywood for a Bible lesson. 

Godzilla - Clip I Don't See It by ohmygore

Dr Niko Topodopeles (a.k.a. the "worm guy") wakes up as his plane approaches for landing in Golfo De San Miguel - Panama - and on the way from the dock to the base camp tent this conversation ensues between him and the Colonel:

Look up

Prolonged difficulty and struggle has a strange kind of gravity about it: it seems to pull your chin to the floor. In that position it becomes quite near impossible to laugh or enjoy anything, and it makes it difficult to remember all that you have to be grateful for. It shrinks your horizon of possibilities and the size of your world to the sphere of your boots, eyes cast down, your head hanging in hopelessness.

I've been staring at my feet for a while when I finally felt God say: look up. I know I've heard that before, so I went to look up Abraham's story in Genesis 13.

When God told Abraham to leave his home Lot went with him. Both men had quite substantial wealth (large flocks, etc.) and the land could not sustain them living together anymore. The situation became rather tense and the herdsmen starting fighting among each other. Abraham, in pursuit of peace, suggested they rather part ways and gave Lot first choice of the land. Lot chose the prime spots and left Abraham with the second best leftovers. I don't know about you, but I might have felt a little done in if I was in Abraham's shoes. I get the feeling that

Celebrate Spring 2014 with me!

There's just something about Spring. You can't see it and you can't touch it, but you can feel it. It is a sense of hope and new beginnings.

Spring has a way of making people fall in love, with life and with each other. It inspires courage to make a change and to try new things. It makes you want to clean up a little and create order out of chaos. Like fresh new grass sprouting up after a field has been burned it empowers us to believe again that the hard times will pass and that something beautiful is within reach. I was born in Spring. It is my favorite season of the year.

This Spring is a little more special for me since I've published my first book in March of this year, titled Let Your Heart Take Flight: Parables for our modern age. Quite an appropriate title for Spring, don't you think? What a better time for a heavy heart to take to flight, to shake off discouragement, loneliness and despair, and start soaring above the hardship and harsh conditions of the past cold winter months of your life? It's like

Leave a lasting legacy

They looked like they knew each other, perhaps even travelling together, but no, they had only met a few minutes ago here at boarding gate 25 in an airport somewhere in Texas. The only thing they had in common - until now - was the ensuing flight to London.

Surrounded by a sea of iPads, cell phone, earphones and the like, these strangers were becoming friends, sharing stories of far away places, daring culinary adventures, cultural awakenings and inspiring friendships they have forged along the way. In some way I felt strangely invited to share a sneak peak of their adventures.

Something about the lady with the Italian accent intrigued me. She was pulling a strange looking trolley so I asked her about it. "Where are you from?" she asked, curious about my accent. She wasn't familiar with Johannesburg, South Africa per se, but at the mention of it her face lit up with a beautiful memory, so she told me about it.