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The Delicious Grief of Parenthood I’m sitting on the side of the cricket field, watching boys becoming men in front of my eyes. I long to...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
To the Battle Weary: Part 3 - The Secret to Gaining Ground
So battles are all about shifting boundaries and gaining ground, and as we’re pushed back out of the comfort of community and forced...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
To the Battle Weary: Part 2 - Lay Down the Load
Battle-weary one, are you wondering how to go on? Are you remembering old messages that teach, “You Say I Am Strong when I think I am...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
To The Battle Weary: Part 1 - Identify the Enemy
It’s not my first battle. Not your first, either. We’ve stood, you and me, in all-out spiritual battlefields and seen the power of life...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
A Point of Prayer
Life-changing revelation can bump into you in much the same way my husband and I were bumping into each other in the bathroom as we went...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
Run Unhindered | Run Your Race
Wisdom revealed shines a light on the figure of Jesus running undaunted towards the cross. He is the Champion of all champions, carrying...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
Grounding Presence | Run Your Race - Part One
2020 has floating days that pass, unharnessed, like so many dandelion seeds in the breeze. Unruly thoughts swirl just out of reach—of no...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Jul 24, 2020
- 3 min
Who is my Neighbour?
A need to understand love has gripped me, and I’ve been pondering and praying and wrapping my brittle mind around the soft curves of...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min
Lockdown Liturgy - Surrender
The last few weeks have been unlike anything we have experienced - as individuals, as local communities, and as a global collective. The...
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- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
Lockdown Liturgy - In Sync
Some of the children are still sitting in their places, watching the frivolity over a table strewn with dinner dishes. My first dance is...
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- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
Lockdown Liturgy: Silence
I’m wrapped in a dressing gown I don’t yet need… the late sunrise the only indication that summer is supposed to be over in Durban. I...
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- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
Entering the Conversation
Anxiety skips around the world faster than a pandemic virus infiltrating hearts and homes, isolation barriers leaving them ironically...
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- Feb 12, 2020
- 2 min
The Breasted Warriors
2020 - The Year of Sustainable Health - has broken me in a few quick rounds and I find myself on my knees and it’s only February. A...
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- Jan 7, 2020
- 3 min
New Year Vibes! How to Prepare for a Peaceful 2020.
So we’re into the start of the New Year, some of us dragging out the bikini-wearing, G&T-sipping holidays as far into January as we can...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Dec 24, 2019
- 2 min
One Year On
It’s déjà vu here at Number 23. Rich is in the pool washing off the sweat and brick dust after a couple of hours of perfecting the house...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Oct 23, 2019
- 3 min
Keeping It Fresh - Lost in the Dust - Part 5
I’m typing super-loudly today, hoping you can hear me over the bang, bang, bang of builders undoing work they just did yesterday. We are...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Oct 19, 2019
- 2 min
Keeping It Fresh - Wear YOUR Yoke - Part 4
Are you weary and weighed down with more than you can handle? “Come to me,” Jesus says. “I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis....
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Oct 16, 2019
- 4 min
Keeping It Fresh - United with Life Itself - Part 3
How do you dry your hair after you’ve washed it? I’m one of those who throws my hair forward over my head and hangs upside down, blowing...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Oct 10, 2019
- 3 min
Keeping It Fresh - What's Killing You? - Part Two
We finally did a long-awaited alteration at home - knocking down a braai area and rebuilding the garden wall closer to our driveway to...
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Jaci Mun-Gavin
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
Keeping it Fresh - Part One
How do we Stay Alive and Fresh in a Dead and Dying World? How do we stay alive and fresh in a dead and dying world? I don’t know if it’s...
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