Life and Faith Podcast with Litha and Remo

On this episode Litha interviews Anna-Marie Botha about rest. Anna-Marie explains what rest is, how her perception of rest has changed over the years, what she’s continuing to learn about rest and what rest has done for her relationship with God.   

On this episode Litha and Remo have a discussion about purity. They talk about how we’ve narrowed the view of what the bible says purity is, they talk about their perceptions of purity and how time has changed their perceptions, and they talk about the aspects of life that you can make pure so that you can be close to God.

On this episode Remo interviews Adri vos a registered trauma counsellor. They have a discussion about mental health, about how to be there for those who struggle with their mental health, and how she’s seen God show up in her story. 

On this episode Litha and Remo discuss the Christian practice of Lent. They talk about its context, what it is, and how the practice can teach about connection with Jesus and deepening your faith.  

On this episode Remo interviews Solly Kganyago on the history of Christianity in Africa. They have a conversation about how it arrived in Southern Africa, the difference between the spirituality inherent to Africans and Christianity and the negative and positive effects the arrival of Christianity had on the people in the continent. 

On this episode Litha and Remo kick off the new year for the podcast. They discuss what they’ve learnt from last year, what their goals and dreams are this, what they’re learning this year and what the podcast will look like going forward. 

On this episode we interview Thomas De Beer on the topic of justice. We have a conversation about what it is, why injustice exists, what God’s view is and the Role that we as people and the church can play in addressing injustice. 

On this episode Remo and Litha Interview Gilbert Kimeng. They have a conversation about the nature of work, the perspective we can have, and the role it plays in life with God What is work? With Gilbert Kimeng.

Bible heroes and work:

On this episode Remo and Litha have a conversation about prayer. They talk about what it is, how prayer can help, what it’s meant to do and how you can expand the perspective you have on it.  

Scriptures referenced; 

Matthew 6: 9-13.            

2 Kings 20: 1-5.  

Book referenced:

Simply Jesus N.T.Wright 

Practicing the way:

On this episode Remo and Litha return and talk obedience. They have a conversation about what it means to obey and the sort of impact obedience can have on a relationship with God.  

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On this episode Remo and Litha Talk conviction. They have a conversation about what it is and the ways they’ve gone about building them. They also talk about where it is that they got them from and where it is that those searching for conviction should go.

On this episode Remo and Litha are together again. They have a conversation about the survey that was sent out and discuss the ways that the podcast can be made better for you guys our listening community. 

Episode One hundred! On the 100th(!) episode Remo and Sonto talk about the podcast. They talk about what it means for there to be 100 episodes and about the impact the podcast has had on Remo and the impact he hopes it’s had on those who listen to the podcast.  

On this Episode Remo and Litha have a discussion about the practice of Lament. They talk about what it is, about how it’s much deeper than modern day sadness and about how it can bring us closer to God and help us heal in our communities. 

The book referenced in this episode is “God matters” by Herbert McCabe 

On this Episode we have a conversation with Jaret about Easter. We talk about what Easter is, why it’s a big deal and about how we can connect with it in better ways that will ultimately help us thrive in life and in faith. 

The philosopher mentioned in this episode is Dallas Willard 

The Scripture Jaret reads is Romans 8:1-3

Sincere apologies for some of the audio issues we are trying to get better at that.

Remo and Litha are back everybody! On this brief episode they explain why they’ve been away so long, what the plan is for the podcast moving forward and what it is they’ve learnt in the time away from the pod. 

If you’d like to hear Remo’s sermon series: 

Happy new year everybody! On this episode Litha and Remo have a conversation about the upcoming year. They talk about how instead of the usual new years goals and resolutions they want to focus on “becoming”. So who is Litha becoming or who is Remo becoming and what decisions can they make to support that journey? They explain how they believe that ultimately this is a more helpful for a thriving life and faith.

What have you learned this year?

On this episode Remo and I answer that question. We talk about learning about life being out of our control about the kind of people we can be, about how God is bigger than just right and wrong and about how we can ask more questions, and about the importance of community.

Books we mention: T

he sin of certainty by Pete Enns

This here flesh by Cole Arthur Riley

The fire Next time by James Baldwin

Episodes we reference:

Reading the bible in its original bible Ep 80

So we were reading the Bible these are our thoughts Ep 77

The philosophy of living well with Nomaswazi Kubeka Ep 76

Have you ever realised you’re living a double life?

On this episode we speak with Benjamin Ali a software developer from the DRC. He talks to us about how he tried to build a relationship with God based on lies and how that caught up to him. He then walks us beautifully through the story about how God forced him to look at the truth of his life and how in That he experienced how loving God truly is.

Have you ever wondered if worship is a big deal?

On this episode We speak to Josh Taliaferro a worship minister in Texas about all things worship. We have an incredibly deep conversation about the way Worship has touched his life and affected his spirituality and we talk about the role that worship can and is supposed to play in our own walks with God, communally and individually.

What do you have in mind when you make decisions?

On this weeks episode we talk to Kyle Plum, an evangelist from San Diego and he shares with us how to keep thriving in your faith even in a world where it is becoming increasingly more challenging to do so. Kyle talks about his own journey to becoming a follower of Jesus and then an evangelist and a lot of the lessons he learnt along the way.

Have you had God only moments?

On this episode we talk to Candice Butler, a full time minster, who shares her journey with God with us including all the ways he has shown up for her. From the beginning of her life till today she can see the hand of God in her life and that is what leads her to thrive in life as well as in faith.

What makes a friendship work?

On this Episode Remo and I discuss what it is in the friendships that we’ve had that have helped us thrive in our faith. We discuss what it means for a friendship to be a safe space, how we can truly trust each other in friendships and why it’s worth truly committing to and investing in such relationships.

On this weeks episode we speak to Dylan Peens a school teacher and teen ministry leader. He opens up about how his mental health struggles and the lessons he’s learned from have shaped his life, his view and his walk with Jesus today.

On this weeks episode we speak to Jake Graham about his life journey and his pursuit to becoming a full time minister. Jake shares about his life journey and how God has worked, along with some difficult decisions he has made to lead him into becoming the young minister he is right now.

What is church? Why do we go? What is it supposed to help us with? What is it for?

On this episode Remo and I touch on those questions on church and a lot more. We talk about what’s it’s been like growing up in church, What are some of the good and bad we’ve experienced in church, how do we treat those who are with us in church and why for us church should be and is way more than just one Sunday per week.

Are you a person who struggles to see or let God shape you? A person who wants their identity to be in God but often finds it elsewhere?

If your answer is yes then tune in to this episode! Today we speak to Sivuselele Manzini: A disciple from Nelson Mandela bay and a law student at Nelson Mandela University. We speak to her about her journey on the road to God and her journey on the road to studying law. Through these stories we get incredibly insightful lessons from her about how her need to consistently reflect and introspect helped her forge her relationship with God.

What did Jesus teach about the Kingdom of God?

In this weeks episode following the encounter campus retreat we talk to full time minister and biblical teacher Raj, who helps us dive deeper into what Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of God and lays out how those teachings can affect us in the communities that we live in.

What does the arrival of the kingdom look like?

In the latest instalment of our encounter campus retreat series we talk to Jacques Genis. He’s a full time campus and singles minister. In this conversation with him he helps us see how the kingdom can come through us, what sort of role we play in bringing it into earth and what that looks like in our day to day lives.

How can we experience the Kingdom of God?

Continuing in our post encounter campus retreat episode series, we talk to Paul smith. He is a church leader and a bible teacher. Paul helps us deepen our understanding of what the kingdom of God is and how we can experience it in this life.

Mentioned in the episode to research:

• Recentering Christ App
• Abide App
• Jesus prayer

What is the encounter campus retreat? You may ask.

In this episode we will answer that question and so much more. We will be talking about what are some of the most convicting lessons we learnt from encounter, what are things that moved us and what are the things that helped make our relationship with God that little bit deeper.

What have you heard about the enneagram? Have you ever heard of it? Do you know what number you are?

In this episode we talk to Karen Cloete and do s deep dive into the enneagram. Karen is incredibly well versed in the enneagram and she helps take us through where it is from, why it’s helpful and what it helps us to learn about ourselves and those around us.

Are you interested in the biblical texts? Where they from and why we have them?

In this episode we talk to Jason Alexandre a church pastor who studied the biblical texts at a high scholarly level and he shares how he went deep into the study of the texts and what it is that he learnt. He shares his journey with the study of the bible at an academic level and how the bible can shape and form a people/community.

Are you a person who cannot stop and who has to produce because you believe that is how you can be worthy of Gods love? This episode is for you if you are.

On this episode we talk to Micheal Masola a campus student at the university of Johannesburg and enrolled in the school of missions (more on that in the episode so listen!). We talk to him about how he tried repay the love he received from God with sheer hard work. We explore how he was wrong and he was forced stop. But we also learn that those experiences were key in helping him see that he serves a God who yes cares about what he does but also A God who is full of Grace and who cares about his well-being.

Have you ever wondered if you have to be a specific type of person with specific types of dreams to experience a specific type of love from God?

On this episode we have Refentse May a professional performer (a very good one we’d add) and we talk to her about her journey down the path pursuing a career in the arts. We learn about some of the stigmas she dealt with the unique challenges of that world and how through it all she discovered a God who’s love is big enough for everyone

How can we live well in the face of injustice?

In this weeks episode we talk to Nomaswazi Kubeka a masters graduate in philosophy and she unpacks for us exactly how we can do that through compassion, solitude, contemplation and so much more.

Have you noticed a lot of changes in yourself and those around you since coming out of the hard covid lock downs? So have we.

In this weeks episode Remo and Litha talk about what they have seen in their worlds and the world at large post covid and some of the reasons why they think these things have appeared.

There has been a long break in the production of the podcast and I am happy to announce that we are back. The podcast is taking on its 3rd iteration and I think possibly its best iteration in the season to come. The goal has not changed, we want to come along side you to help you thrive in life as well as in your faith and actually I believe the changes to our format will make achieving that goal even more doable. 

How can you make this life count?

In this weeks episode we talk to church leader, church planter and podcaster Rob Skinner about how to make this life count.

Rob shares his journey to faith, his different roles in full time ministry and the lessons he has learnt along the way.

What does it look like to wholeheartedly pursue Gods glory while going after your dreams?

In this weeks episode we talk to Neil Robinson, former pro cyclist turned entrepreneur who shares with us his journey in trying to answer that very question.

Neil shares with us his journey to truly putting faith in Christ, facing many severe set backs and how he started a side hustle that now employs him full time.

How should we be thinking about the year ahead? We should start by looking back.

It has been said that to know where you going you must know where you are coming from.

In this weeks episode we talk to Ameer Burton about what he has learnt over the last few years as a leader and what it is that he is doing to look forward and lead his ministry forward.

Ameer Burton is a full time minister in LA, California. Him and his wife (Jewel) have served in the ministry for 6 years and they have a 3 year old son.

As we start the new year so many of us set goals and resolutions and try to figure out a direction that we would like to head in. I share my thoughts on New Years resolutions as well as what the podcast is aiming to do this year.

Here are links to the podcasts I mentioned in the episode:

Lead To Win

How can we navigate this new world we live in with so much online content to consume, friendships to have and yet living in an in person world? How can we become friends with God? How can we be influenced correctly onto a path that helps us to thrive in life as well as in our faith?

In this weeks episode we speak to Jaret Luna who lives and works remote. He is a bible teacher, a faithful follower of Jesus, a student and house husband. He is navigating this life in a sense of the new normal. He shares a lot of what it is that he is working on and learning while sharing incredible insights to thrive in this life as well as in his faith.

Here is a link to Jaret first episode on the podcast:

How did Christianity make it onto the African Continent? Who actually brought Christianity to the continent? How do African spirituality and Christianity mix or oppose each other?

These are just some of the questions that young people on the African continent are trying to make sense of and in this weeks episode we speak to Solomon Kganyago who is a biblical teacher in a church in Johannesburg. He shares with us the insights of his learning and reading around this topic and helps us to wrestle with some other questions.

Ep 39 - Fred Musimi

Self care. This is such a popular topic these days but where did it come from? What was its purpose and how did it become so popular today?

In this weeks episode I cover these questions and so much in a hopes to encourage us to pursue Christ through all the tools at our disposal and not get drawn into how the world is doing things.

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