RedeemedPioneer
I’m Lulu van Aswegen—a wife, mother, grandmother, and writer from Bloemfontein. Life, faith, and family inspire the reflections and short stories I share here. I write in English as RedeemedPioneer and in Afrikaans as VrygekoopteBaanbreker.
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RedeemedPioneer
ANOTHER DAY FEATURING A HAMMER & NAILS
When a concerned Catholic priest called a spade a shovel and nailed the truth, in written word, to a wooden...
ONE YEAR OLD
Another letter from Nana to Stitchie
PERFECTION TIMES COMPLETION
Today I celebrate SEVEN years & SEVENtimesEIGHT (56) days.
OBSERVATION AND EXPECTATION
On Heritage Day – a reflection from abroad
THE INSIDIOUS GAP
“The most alarming thing in your human is not the evil he does, but the fact that he can do it without feeling alarmed.”
FUN ON THE FARM
Another fairytale from the creative mind of my brilliant five-year-old granddaughter, Emily Hay.
TO WRITE IS WORTH THE RISK
Every time I pick up my pen~I risk being pushed away or~Shoved aside, beyond outside~Where loneliness becomes invisible
WINDOWS TO AN UNLOCKED SOUL
A work of fiction, based on actual historical realities
TEHOM EL-TEHOM QORE
Deep calls to deep
PABALLO MOSES MKHIZE (2)
END WITH A LEGACY (part 2 of 2)
PABALLO MOSES MKHIZE (1)
START WITH A STORY (part 1 of 2)
SPRING CAME EARLY AND STAYED FOREVER
A special tribute
THE TRIUMPH OF AMANI AYYAL
This is a work of fiction. Some characters are based on historical figures, while others are fictional.
UN-BLIND AND BLIND-LESS
UN-BLIND is when the blind see and BLIND-LESS is when those with unrestricted eyesight are blind.
WIELDING OR YIELDING?
Back in 2017, when I found myself neck deep in a Habakkuk3 season, the MercyMe song EVEN IF became like a hope-filled anthem to me.