As a Christian-led organisation, Soul Action’s objectives are informed by the daily opportunities that our diverse nation presents and our image of a dynamically relational, social and unified God, who leads by example in making room for the other along the Way. Whilst we are free to journey in any number of uncharted directions, without […]
Just Education
Imagine an consistently equal and integrated South African society – it is not a pipe dream, it is a future reality, that we believe starts with our children, teachers and parent/carers co-learning how to live together (rather than growing apart as they current do), in a quality education system, because it is diverse, because it is […]
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Its Now or Never
I caught myself saying ‘Never’ the other day; to be fair my wife caught me, and pulled me up. “I’m never going to pray for someone in front on me in the bread queue,” I declared – on 3 separate occasions, to 3 different people – after it was suggested at church that this was […]
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Fast Fashion
Maybe its just my perception, but recently there seems to have been a lot reported in the news in regards to how our spending habits are negatively impacting our planet. Fast fashion – ‘fast’ because it speeds up the lag between cat walk and consumer, by manufacturing and selling clothes cheaply – is promoting an […]
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Re-positioning the Curriculum
In feeding-back findings from our world-wide research into child-centred inquiry-based approaches to education, we were asked which curriculum we are planning to use. Some parent-carers have concerns that the South African curriculum is not rigorous enough, and that it is not supporting children to develop skills they need to thrive in the 21st century; skills […]
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Facing up to a totally switched on Jesus
Midway through our worldwide research into quality education there was an opportunity to visit schools in Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv Yafo, and explore some of the Holy sites in Bethlehem and The Galilee – including Magdala (above). The only thing I can recall about Magdala was a restaurant on the roundabout as we entered what is now […]
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