We would all like to know what the future holds. Well, maybe not too far into the future. Just the next five or six years would be enough. This would help with all our planning, especially for ministry—not to mention business. Just knowing what the next year holds would actually be pretty amazing, given that the world has recently veered from one global crisis to the next. As the prime minister of Canada in 2014, Stephen Harper spoke to the press about Vladimir Putin mounting a “slow-motion” invasion of Ukraine. That was eight years ago. We shake our heads…

I was born and raised in the Eastern Cape. In 2008 I moved to Gauteng to study at the University of Johannesburg. That’s where I came to faith through the ministry of Campus Outreach. After my Honours in Financial Management, I moved to Cape Town to work in the finance department of an oil company. After working there for five years, I started my undergraduate degree at GWC. When you first started your undergraduate at GWC, what were your reasons? I had come to college for the Higher Certificate, which was meant to be just one year. I’d initially come because I wanted…

GWC’s various buildings in Muizenberg are the spaces where our students live and learn together. They’re indispensable to the residential theological community. But they’re also not cheap, and things tend to break down over time. So I want to tell you about two building-related projects that are presently underway: the Hope solar panel system and the Morris House elevator. Firstly, Hope’s solar panels: This student residence consists of four floors, each approximately 400m2. The ground floor has parking facilities for 15 vehicles, a reception, and a student lounge…