Conflict is part of any relationship, it’s not possible to always agree with everything your friends and family say or do. Conflict is inevitable and for most of us it creates a significant sense of discomfort so we resort to negative expressions like avoiding, withdra...

Life is an ongoing process of self-discovery that often leads us to a crossroads where we are required to make a choice, live in denial and justify my own (often bad) learned behavior or step up and be the man I was born to be.  A quote by Dr Johan Ferreira, succinctly...

There is no place where raising boys to be good men is so much fun with such great impact than on camp.  It is a time of new adventures and crazy memories that will all last us way into our adulthood – it is the “padkos” that keeps us on the journey of growing up and g...

Social media has been the single most life altering invention our generation has witnessed, since sliced bread! Many of us can recall a time when chatting to your friends happened at school or if you were really lucky you got to use a landline! Let me not give my age a...

Each of us have a unique set of strengths and weaknesses and whilst many of us feel ashamed of our weaknesses, our strengths should not really be a source of pride either.  We are often told to work on our weaknesses, improving and overcoming them wherever possible, an...

Values​ ​are​ ​often​ ​described​ ​in​ ​two​ ​ways,​ ​the​ ​first​ ​being​ ​that​ ​a​ ​person​ ​may​ ​have​ ​a​ ​value of​ ​kindness​ ​or​ ​generosity​ ​which​ ​describes​ ​their​ ​nature.​ The​ ​second​ ​refers​ ​to​ ​a​ ​set​ ​of​ ​values​ ​that an​ ​individual​ ​wou...

It’s already the second month of 2017 and the pressures of work, home and school are in full force. It’s so much easy to let our dreams for 2017 fade, or simply forget the hope we once embraced the new year with. Let’s not write ourselves off just yet, 2017 can be a ye...

​Many of us have heard the saying ‘If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything’, at some point in our lives. The context for this well-know phrase, describes how faith centres us and without it we can easily be swept off our feet. It refers to a belief w...