Renaissance Innovation

Since being out of fulltime, payed ministry since May 2005, many people ask me what my highlight was of 2006, thinking that it’s making money or getting huge clients out in the corporate world. As exciting as it is to sell a product and succeed, let me tell you about a true highlight of […]

I don’t know what happened last time, but it was a good post, so good I can’t remember what I wrote and thus I can’t repeat it.
I have really been thinking about many things lately.  For those of you who don’t know I am a recovering sinner, but also a recovering church pastor.  I have been […]

2007 has started.  3 years to 2010 and the Soccer World Cup.  Apparently we are behind schedule.  But I’m sure we will get there.  I just hope that we as a country can work together to make this work.
Adel and I had a great holiday.  We drove over 6000 km and basically drove around the […]

In South Africa, our whole country comes to a standstill in December.  It is summer and our small country takes a break from the ratrace.  Most people head to the coast. 
 This year Adel and I will tour the west coast for 28days.  From the first tot he 28th we will be away and basically relaxing.  […]

Some highlights of an online conversation from our movement.
EugeneB said…
Hermann I like what you have done so far and I cannot wait for our next meeting. What can we do to break down the layers that culture and tradition have put on loving Jesus today?
9:24 AM
Hermann/Adel said…
Eugeneb
I believe that we should not see […]

For the last 6 months a couple of us have constructively discussed a new movement focused on the values of Christ and the early church. I have mentioned those values in previous posts.
Our structure will be as follow:
Once a month a corporate gathering, but we will be at a different venue in […]

It scares me. Consumerism that is.
Yesterday I had to wait in a queue for 2 hours to renew my car licence. The whole system of the state department here in SA is so insufficient. But what a lesson of how deep consumerism has her claws into me. We snap our fingers and pay loads of […]

Sometimes working with the poor and broken is tough.  How do we give them hope?  Somehow we will not alieviate poverty right away for them.  In this temporary life not all will be perfect once we become Christ followers. 
We live in a time where people are obsessed with looking young until they die, but we […]

This is a series that I have been posting the last couple of months on www.kingdomblog.org
Our country is so diverse.  So many people, and so many needs.  I speak to rich and poor and there is a hunger for an authentic life away from our current culture.  This morning while Adel and I were on our way […]