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It was an opulent world, the one she lived in. Defined as the best home in the land, it was also the most dangerous. A place of law and everything in its place, including her. Vashti the queen was taught to know her place. But was that place her rightful place? Is the place we’ve […]
I’m often thinking about women in history. The ones we know and the ones we don’t know, the ones lost beneath times sand. Last year, I stumbled across a short write – up about a historical film inspired by the life of Krotoa. Krotoa or Eva as she later became known, was a Khoi princess […]
I’m not sure how to feel. When someone shares their stories with you and it catches you off guard. The stories of sexual harassment and abuse within their workplace. Their workplace, a place people go to heal and be made whole. An environment that usually leans to goodness, at least in our minds anyway. And […]
This is the final part of my 3 – part talk on being childless by choice, a talk I presented at Stellenbosch University. This is my favourite part of the whole thing because I’ve learned that extended parenthood is a real thing! I recently read a quote in the Creative Child Magazine, dated 15 April […]
From personal reflection about the Christian response to childlessness, I have learned two things. Firstly, in denominations where complementarianism or patriarchal values are upheld, a woman’s value is believed to be tied in to her role as a wife and a mother. I refer to a quote by Pastor Scott Douglas, a complementarian pastor at […]
I recently spoke at Stellenbosch University, Theology Faculty on reproductive health. The two day discussion conference was intensive with many different speakers from across 5 different universities. I spoke about my journey as a childless by choice woman, whose story is not as straight forward as you might think. I’ve been asked a number of […]
One of the things I enjoy talking about (with the right people that is), is sexuality. Sexuality is seldom talked about by faith communities, it’s a topic pushed under the rug or spoken about only when abstinence or purity is on the agenda. Yet sexuality is something we should talk about. I learned the value […]
I am passionate about mentorship. There I said it loud and clear, did you hear my roar? But as passionate as I am about being mentored and mentoring other beautiful souls, I also know how scary mentorship can be. I remember the very first moment I consciously chose a mentor for a particular part of […]