Bless and Keep

Bless and Keep

Bless & Keep! This past year, a dream of thirty years came to life when my husband and two youngest girls went with me on a ten-day visit to Israel. I have been twice in my youth and know only too well how such a visit can impact your faith. The trajectory of my...
Bible Reading Challenge – 2022

Bible Reading Challenge – 2022

I love this time of the year, when life comes full circle as the old touches the new, in what I call the bookends of time. The truth is that it is more like a rotating door, as this transition from one to the other is hardly perceptible, for the new year is identical...
Let’s go fly a Kite

Let’s go fly a Kite

Let's go fly a Kite by Suria Scholtz http://avividlife.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Bible-Reading-Plan.mp3 5 x 5 x 5 Bible Reading Plan 2021 Every year I embark on a slightly different Bible reading strategy, for I love change and variety.  Last year I felt...
I bring you Good News of Great Joy!

I bring you Good News of Great Joy!

I bring you Good News of Great Joy by Suria Scholtz http://avividlife.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/I-bring-you-Good-News-of-Great-Joy-1.mp3 At the end of an unusual year, it is the angel’s words to the shepherds in the fields outside Bethlehem, that has settled in...
The Poetry of Enthusiasm

The Poetry of Enthusiasm

The Poetry of Enthusiasm by Suria Scholtz http://avividlife.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1.-The-Poetry-of-Enthusiasm-.mp3 Like a child keen to skip along the zig-zags we call life bright-eyed and whole-hearted steering clear of nay-sayers Mind ablaze! Senses...
Please scream inside your heart

Please scream inside your heart

Please scream inside your heart by Suria Scholtz http://avividlife.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/9-Oct.mp3 During yet another ZOOM meeting the other day, the phrase, “You are on Mute,” came up. No matter how many times I have attended meetings like ZOOM or Google...