by 2summers | Jan 22, 2021 | COVID-19, Ekurhuleni (East Rand), Johannesburg, Religion
In the middle of 2020, I started seeing social media posts about the fence outside St. James Presbyterian Church in Bedford Gardens. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the staff at St. James were tying one white ribbon to the church’s palisade fence for every...
by 2summers | Sep 13, 2017 | #Gauteng52, Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Religion
Welcome to Week 37 of my #Gauteng52 challenge, for which I visit and blog about a new place in Gauteng Province every week for 52 straight weeks. This week I visit the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, in Midrand. If you’ve driven from Pretoria...
by 2summers | Aug 1, 2016 | Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Religion
For the last year or so, my friend Ang at JOZI.REDISCOVERED and I have been working on a blog collaboration called #TheGodProject. We visit different places of worship around Johannesburg. Ang interviews a spiritual leader (or leaders) at the place of worship, and I...
by 2summers | Dec 28, 2015 | United Arab Emirates
In my last post I told you about my whirlwind trip to the United Arab Emirates. I stayed in Dubai for four nights, courtesy of Qualcomm, and spent a few days exploring the area without a smartphone to support the #WorldWithoutSnapdragon/#WorldWithoutSmartphones...
by 2summers | Aug 7, 2015 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Religion
A few months ago, my friend Ang at JOZI.REDISCOVERED asked me to partner with her on a blogging project. It would be called #TheGodProject, and the two of us would go around Joburg exploring different places of worship. Ang would interview the various religious...