Spiritual Lessons

Spiritual Lessons Everyone Should Learn Johannes Adendorff, the author of A Different Plan, provides some helpful spiritual lessons to guide people through their everyday lives. From facing bullying as a child to being in the military, to moving across the world to find my soulmate and facing significant personal challenges, I realize now that God […]

Facing Cancer

Facing Cancer with God Johannes Adendorff, the author of A Different Plan, remembers facing the pains of lung cancer with the help of God. I had cancer. “Could we schedule an operation for tomorrow?” the doctor asked, the urgency in his voice clear. “We need to get the tumor out as soon as possible.” I […]

The Spirit of Fear

Challenging the Spirit of Fear with God Johannes Adendorff, the author of A Different Plan, reflects on challenging fear through prayer, practice, and faith. After my parents’ farm in South Africa was robbed, I was in a state of fear. The place where I had grown up, the place of safety in which I currently […]

Finding a Soulmate

Finding a Soulmate Johannes Adendorff, the author of A Different Plan, remembers how it felt to meet his wife after years of praying for God to send a soulmate his way. It had been years since I’d first prayed to God for a good relationship. Now, living in Germany, I was readier than ever to […]

A Miracle

A Miracle in South Africa Johannes Adendorff, the author of A Different Plan, learns of a friend’s challenges and helps her find a new perspective…with some incredible results. Wherever I went in the world, I tried to come home for haircuts. My hairdresser, Martha, was a middle-class South African woman in her mid-thirties. She always […]

Promotion

What It Feels Like to Get Promoted Johannes Adendorff, the author of A Different Plan, describes the excitement and uncertainty that comes with promotion—and how talking to God can help. I sat back in my chair, staring at my computer screen. It was just another day in the office as a software developer. Except, today, […]