Latest Stories
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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Latest Stories From Lulu van Aswegen
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...
EK LIKE JOU, GIRLFRIEND!
Die kwesbaar-eerlike oordenking van een veglustige female wat ‘n toegewyde groepie girlfriends ‘n yslike...
ONE YEAR OLD
Another letter from Nana to Stitchie
AS EK NET KON
My nederige huldeblyk aan Piet Smit, kosbare mede-gelowige en vriend.
DIE DIEF EN DIE STUKKENDE MASJIEN
My broodnodige oordenking
DIE JA VAN ‘N BEDIENENDE OUPA
Spesiale verjaardaghuldeblyk aan ons 78-jarige OupaBrood
PERFECTION TIMES COMPLETION
Today I celebrate SEVEN years & SEVENtimesEIGHT (56) days.
OBSERVATION AND EXPECTATION
On Heritage Day – a reflection from abroad
VEERTIGSTE HERDENKING VAN MY GELOOFSVERKLARING
“Ek het vandag my hart vir Jesus gegee. Hy het my verlos van sonde en dood en ek wil Hom volg al die dae van my lewe…
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.
APPELKARRETJIES EN AARTAPPELKISSIES
‘n Oordenking oor geloof in ‘n verwarrende wêreld