Life and Faith Podcast with Litha and Remo

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 p...

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 studyi...

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. Raj was on the previous iteration of this podcast. You can listen here: https:/...

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. Jacques was on the previous ite...

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 If you’d like to get in touch wi...

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. If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with me on m...

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. If you would like to take the assessmen...

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 peop...

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...

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 worl...

What is it about the bible that makes it last forever? Is God actually in it? What is it actually for? What are the lessons we learn from it and how do we actually read it? On todays episode we have a conversation on how we’ve learnt to experience those questions in our own lives, on how our views over the years about the bible have grown and why now more than ever before we are convinced that the...

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. Dr. Pamela Kubeka, Nomaswazi sister as mentioned was on the podcast for episode 19. Here is a link: https://anchor.fm/remotlale/episodes/Ep-19---Being-on-the-...

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. If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please touch base with me on my website: https://t...

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...

Have you felt yourself getting cynical in any area of your life? In this weeks episode we have Irene Renton on the podcast to help us deal with our cynicism because as they say ‘if you scratch under the surface of a cynic you’ll find a wounded idealist.’

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. Check out all things Rob Skinner at his website: https://www.robskinner.com If you’d like to get in touch with me. Please...

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 ful...

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, Ca...

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 https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/lead-to-win/id1294885433?i=1000546316206 Tim Ferriss Show htt...

What are you thinking in this season of Advent? How are the topics of Love, Hope, Peace and Joy shaping you in this season?? In this episode we talk about my thoughts on these topics and what I hope to be able to dig deeper into in this season. It’s a very special season for all. If you love coffee I have good news for you. You can receive a discount on any of the single origin coffee by using my...

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...

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...

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. If you love coffee I have good news for you. You can receive a dis...

On the podcast we believe that everyone is on a journey and we love to learn from one another journeys. In this weeks episode on the podcast we continue to learn lessons from Lerato Ncube’s journey as a young woman in this life and in her faith. In Part 1 of the podcast we spoke through her journey to being a follower of Christ, difficulty in friendships, dealing with disappointment and so much mo...

On the podcast we believe that everyone is on a journey and we love to learn from one another journeys. In this weeks episode on the podcast we get the opportunity to learn lessons from Lerato Ncube journey as a young woman in this life and in her faith. Lerato has an incredible story from not having friends, being moulded by her family of origin, thinking God owed her something and so much more....