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Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

Upholding Christ and the Constitution

Mogoeng Mogoeng tells why his Christian faith does not militate against his capacity to dispense justice fairly.

Shaka Sisulu finds heaven in the face of his cherubic son.

Ancestors in all aspects of my life

Family can extend beyond those still alive. But will the "dlozis" be as real to his son as they are to Shaka Sisulu?

Kopano Matlwa meets with God in the pages of books and has come to know him between the commas and interjections.

Meeting God on the pages

Kopano Matlwa meets with God in the pages of books and has come to know him between the commas and interjections.

Big Buddha at the retreat centre in Ixopo.

Finding God can happen in church – or in a dew drop

Spirituality comes in many formats, not all of which are dressed in formal religious garb, says Ixopo Buddhist Retreat Centre founder Louis van Loon.

It was mathematics

Oh Lord: It looks a lot like curtains

It was mathematics, then writing where Ekow Duker found God. And then his beloved wife died far too young.

Evangelist Joel Osteen preached at Yankee Stadium in New York that ‘God wants you to buy a house’.

Jesus bids us shine in a free market

The prosperity gospel has brought America’s neoliberal, right-wing economics to churches worldwide, writes Verashni Pillay.

An agnostic finds her spiritual side

Small rituals offer Zama Ndlovu a sense of completeness and keep the seat warm for God, should he ever show up.

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A ‘happy Jew’ meets the ancestors

Consulting a diviner offered Eve Fairbanks a glimpse into alternative spirituality – courtesy of an extraordinary woman with her own tale to tell.

Charles Leonard ready to preach the power of music in Vosloorus.

Music is my saviour

From a teenage obsession with music to an adult worship, Charles Leonard finds his church.

Khadija Patel learnt the traditions of bathing and shrouding a dead body before burial.

A death and life experience

Preparing a body for burial brings a unique nearness to God, writes Khadija Patel.

‘We came to accept Tatiana’s prayers like we did the Barney song; slightly odd

How my daughter found – and lost – God in school

Tanya Pampalone’s daughter learnt how to pray at school but later decided she wasn’t a Christian, or anything else.

The youngsters have successfully completed their initiation and are now regarded as men. The campsite where the initiates stayed is burnt after the initiation is completed.

Different names and paths to the same source

James Francis talks to believers about how they came to their own understanding and relationship with what they call ‘God’.

Rhodé Marshall in the days when there was no doubting that miracles could happen in church.

The little girl who believed in miracles

Growing up in the Pentecostal church meant being shrouded in marvel, writes Rhodé Marshall.