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We hear it’s stormy in the UK… so just so you know what you’re
missing by not being in South Africa…
Today we met up with our very good friend Ellen. We know Ellen from Cape Town, but she’s now working at Christ Church in Midrand, north of Jo’burg. It was so lovely to see her, especially after missing her wedding in January. Congratulations Ellen!
Later we met up with Trevor. We only heard about Trevor last night, so the meeting was all last minute, but well worth it.
Trevor is a musician, with a degree in music and spends his Saturdays in prison. Read the rest of this entry »
Today we met with two church planters, Norman Clack and Dave West.
First we met with Norman over a nice strawberry smoothie, coffee and various drinks down in ‘Woolworths’ (woolworths here is different to in England – it is more like M&S). Norman has been involved in ministry for almost two decades now and has recently planted a church with his wife in a very rich area of town called Westcliff. This may sound like one of those ‘really hard ministries’ that God seems to call a lot of people to… but nothing could be further from the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
Apparently the Advertising Standards Agency in the UK have pulled an advert for ‘ghd’ – hair styling products. They had a grand total of 23 complaints about an advert that combined ‘e rotic images’ with lines from the Lords prayer.
You can view the advert on ghd’s website -
http://www.ghdhair.com/flash/index.php?c=uk&p=HR-PC-T6&CMP=EMC-091
But let me say, it’s not as bad as it appears from the article on the BBC website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7291155.stm). The advert does feature women, who let’s say are not exactly dressed for a cold winters night, all speaking in different languages with religious/catholic overtones. There’s candles and rosary beads and so on. The last woman speaks in English and she is praying that a fella will dump his girlfriend tonight and come home with her. The tag line is ‘ghd – Thy will be done’. Under the ghd logo are the words ‘a new religion for hair’. Read the rest of this entry »
