2021-04-16Reverend Jan Scholtz Employers will always prefer more highly educated people for any job whether or not the higher qualifications are in fact necessary for efficient performance. View more
2021-04-26Reverend Jan Scholtz Born in the harbour town of Lüderitz in the 1970s, the life journey of Timotheus Kalongo, locally known as Timo, is not just like any other ordinary story. View more
2021-04-30Reverend Jan Scholtz This article is a continuation of the series complex issue of abortion. Words matter, reflecting our reality and they create our reality. In these reflections, I will be using inclusive and gender-neutral language. I will also use the word ‘termination’ as opposed to ‘abortion’, which is the word used in South African Law. View more
2021-05-14Reverend Jan Scholtz Persons with disabilities are struggling to find and retain employment in Namibia. It is estimated that most of the disabled persons are excluded from the open market inNamibia. Research has indicated that unemployment amongst disabled people stands at a record high of 39% compared to the national unemployment rate of 28%. View more
2021-05-21Reverend Jan Scholtz In a world rocked by wars, poverty and HIV/AIDS, it seems absurd that so much intensity of feelings is generated with regard to homosexuality. Yet, for those who are homosexual, it is not absurd. It is a deeply hurtful and sensitive issue. View more
2021-06-04Reverend Jan Scholtz Barbara J.Essex’s fascination with the very human side of biblical characters has found its voice in her latest work, “More Bad Girls of the Bible”. This book is the most recent expression in her series of the books, including the best-selling “Bad Girls of the Bible,” which explores the “questionable virtue” of biblical personalities. View more
2021-06-11Reverend Jan Scholtz Entrepreneurship development is a known counter strategy to the growing problem of unemployment in any developing society, and this holds particularly true for Namibia. View more
2021-06-18Reverend Jan Scholtz Never had I thought that the pain that death brings could be so deep and so profound. So many times I had to comfort the bereaved and give them words of encouragement, now we would experience the full extent of that pain in our bodies and souls. View more
2021-06-25Reverend Jan Scholtz The phrase “young people are not the church of the future, they are the church of now” has been rumbling around my head and heart for the past few years. I’m not sure where I heard it, or if I’ve merely morphed what others have said, but the sentiment expressed seems clearer to me with each passing year. View more
2021-07-02Reverend Jan Scholtz The teenage years have been called a time of adolescent rebellion, involving emotional turmoil, conflict within the family, alienation from adult society, reckless behaviour, and rejection of adult values. View more
2021-07-09Reverend Jan Scholtz As far as the strongly felt organisational goal of public service is concerned, it should be most evident in the local and regional sphere of government since it represents the place in government where people’s most basic needs should be taken care of. View more
2021-07-16Reverend Jan Scholtz Recently, my daughter launched herself away from us. For the first time in her short life, she falteringly tottered on her own two legs across the sitting room floor. View more
2021-07-23Reverend Jan Scholtz The ethical and biblical reason why it is unacceptable for any Christian to use violence is because of the ethical and theological spiritual teachings of Jesus Christ, who was against any form of violence or war. View more
2021-08-02Reverend Jan Scholtz As a preliminary remark, this article continues my reflection on the complex matter of abortion, and continues to explore this moral minefield with a noble mind and reasonable approach. View more
2021-08-06Reverend Jan Scholtz The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Bill was channelled by the National Council to the National Assembly in 2015 as a means to empower the local communities at constituency level, with resources, to design and implement development projects with a positive impact for each community. View more
2021-08-13Reverend Jan Scholtz There is a theological silence about the HIV/Aids pandemic. The probable reason for this silence is that it is ugly, relentless, ruthless and chaotic. The church and theologians are probably silent because they feel the secular world is dealing with the pandemic in a better way. View more
2021-08-20Reverend Jan Scholtz One of the custodians of Winchester Cathedral in England loved to stand on its roof and relate the story of how the news of Wellington’s victory over Napoleon reached England. View more
2021-08-27Reverend Jan Scholtz As a preliminary remark, this article continues my reflection on the complex matter on the use of more inclusive language in our services of worship. View more
2021-09-17Reverend Jan Scholtz The social model of disability has gained traction in recent decades at an international level and in many domestic jurisdictions, including Namibia and South-Africa. View more
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