2022-03-18Reverend Jan Scholtz This is the fourth instalment on a series of articles on ‘The Major Tools of Leadership’. This week’s article focuses on Leaders Pray. View more
2022-03-25Reverend Jan Scholtz The family is a fundamental social unit. It plays a role in the determination of the character, values and structure of society, which is fully acceptable by all men and women of insight and vision. View more
2022-04-01Reverend Jan Scholtz The 40 days period before Easter is commonly known as Lent. This season is normally marked by sacrificing something (usually in the form of food) to reflect the state of one’s penitence. Lent also provides a time for purification. View more
2022-04-08Reverend Jan Scholtz When I first saw her, I felt that explosion of passion in my chest. The thumping of my heart following that initial chest-eruption made me realise that this time, it was something more than simple attraction – it was something much bigger. I had to get to know her better. View more
2022-04-14Reverend Jan Scholtz Josephine Magdalene Mathias Kellermeyer was a witness to the resurrection. Although you will not find her name in the resurrection narratives, she is there. View more
2022-04-22Reverend Jan Scholtz Change is a constant and gradual process, which is not only a thing of a modern world as perceived by many, but a million years? phenomenon that has been taking place since the existence of the first human (homo Erectus), and even before that. View more
2022-04-29Reverend Jan Scholtz Marital breakdowns are a reality of contemporary life, where some estimates hold that close to half of all marriages end in divorce, and it’s one of the most social and moral issues of our day. View more
2022-05-06Reverend Jan Scholtz The vision of any relevant Christian church in any society is to empower God’s people with ethical values and life-enhancing knowledge and skills towards the realisation of an abundant life, which is central to Jesus’s declaration: “I came that they may have life and that they have it in abundance” (John 10 verse 10). View more
2022-05-13Reverend Jan Scholtz My friend Andrew is an artist. He makes paintings because he loves making them. Sometimes, someone buys one. Other times, someone pays him to make paintings to order. View more
2022-05-20Reverend Jan Scholtz Progressive leadership focuses on a continuous journey, the constant reshaping of a vision, and outcomes to navigate specific challenges. View more
2022-05-27Reverend Jan Scholtz Leadership is a calling – an action of ensuring that a group of like-minded people achieve a set goal. It is a requirement for the development of communities or organisations. Whether entrenched in one person or spread as a shared means of control, it is always an essential component for the progression of people. View more
2022-06-03Reverend Jan Scholtz To some, the kindly old gentleman with a white beard and suit simply represents fried chicken or a shameless but harmless marketing device. View more
2022-06-17Reverend Jan Scholtz Education is a term which describes the process by means of which we come to realise our capacity for human action – that is to say, the capacity which makes it possible for us to act in a manner which appropriately distinguishes us from other objects or beings. View more
2022-06-24Reverend Jan Scholtz Today, development economics occupies a central place in the teaching of economics in many universities, and indeed, as Thirlwall (1994) rather succinctly puts it, no self-respecting economics faculty is without a development economics programme. View more
2022-07-01Reverend Jan Scholtz The ever-growing tension between the youth and government need a proper strategised remedy to avoid reaching the crisis point of social unrest. View more
2022-07-15Reverend Jan Scholtz The increase in teenage pregnancy each year, especially in Namibia, has become a topic of serious concern for the nation. View more
2022-07-22Reverend Jan Scholtz Pearson Custom Publishing (Pearson, 1998 – 2002) defines ethics as the “standards of conduct and moral judgement.” View more