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rockinthegrass
http://www.rockinthegrass.blogspot.com
I pray and reflect on life, and explore the places that make me afraid
- Added on: Oct 13th, 2007
- Country: South Africa
- Language: English
- Author: Pete Grassow
- Listed in: Religion Politics
- Tags: religion poverty motorcycles social justice struggle social comment
Recent Posts
No Words
Hi Pete,Just checking all is well, you have not been blogging for a while and I have missed you!!Love in Christ, StephenDear StephenI am so tired. Not physical tiredness – I am running 5km per day at the moment and am beginning to feel fitter again...
Lost
He lost his way in the middle of the sentence.I was invited to attend a dinner tonight – along with seventy other people. And we were standing around the bar making “before dinner small talk”, when he struck up a conversation with me. After exc...
Calling back the Past
I am sitting in a service at the Rusthof Methodist Church. I was the minister here from January1988 - December 1997. This congregation was established 100 years ago, but was torn apart by the forced removals of the Apartheid era. So today they celebr...
Living and Dying
He is dying.He looks healthy and well – but after blood tests, scans, a biopsy, and surgical investigation, the doctors have told him that cancer has invaded his body to such an extent that there is nothing they can do. So he and I sat one afternoo...
The Baptism
The congregation mostly walks to church – and today is grey with rain. It began raining yesterday afternoon and has not stopped. And so the people dodge puddles as they arrive, wet and shaking umbrellas.Today is a baptism service and the church soo...
Prayer for Preparation to Study
O GodIt is exam time again. And I want to do my best. I believe that You gave me my mind and the ability to think; and that You gave me my memory and the ability to learn. I am grateful for all I have learned in the past, and I choose to trust You f...
