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.
Explore, enjoy, and feel free to share your thoughts—I’m delighted to have you here!
Latest Stories From Lulu van Aswegen
UN-BLIND AND BLIND-LESS
UN-BLIND is when the blind see and BLIND-LESS is when those with unrestricted eyesight are blind.
GEE MAAK SOMME, OMGEE MAAK SAAK
Wanneer sommemaak nie saakmaak nie!
SULETTE & SAREL
Op julle troudag
MISGEKYK OM RAAKGESIEN TE WORD
Hierdie werk is fiksie. Dis ‘n storievertelling gebaseer op die storie van Hagar, aangepas vir ‘n moderne...
LE(T)GENDARIESE 50
Spesiale huldeblyk aan ‘n grondslag-legende op haar vyftigste lewensjaarviering.
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.
TRIBUTE TO TWO
Dedicated to the unfolding of new chapters in the life stories of two precious people
ONDERSTEBO EN AGTERSTEVOOR
WANNEER LELIK HEELMAAK WAT MOOI NIE KAN GESONDMAAK NIE – ‘n blitskortverhaal wat afspeel in 2075.
EK KON NET NIE MEER NIE
Eers het dit my begin WURG, toe het WALG gevolg en tans bevind ek myself iewers tussen WEEKLAAG en WOEDE daaroor.
VERANDER JOU KOERS!
Die meeste van ons wat al ‘n rukkie lank op hierdie aarde vertoef, is vertroud met keerpunt- of...
BEAUTIFUL BUTTABYE BABY
Adalese is a specific dialect of the English language, as spoken by my adorable granddaughter, Adalee Hay.
THE PENTECOST LETTERS (COMPLETE COLLECTION)
If it were possible for a Jewish woman from 30AD and a modern-day Christian woman from 2025 to connect (via letters) about how Jesus changed their lives, what would they say to each other?