innercity church with a ♥ for cape town

there's an unmistakable sense of supernatural power at work when gathering together for church in a building with this kind of history: originally a theatre open to all races; in 1829 slaves and free blacks no longer allowed to attend; then later it's ironically used as a mission church for freed slaves. Today, with the Common Ground innercity church meeting in the St Stephens church building on Riebeeck Square Cape Town, it is being used to bring hope and freedom to people of all ages and races.

I attended their 2nd evening service last night and was moved by their heart for the people of the City of Cape Town (most probably because this is part of my personal vision from the Lord that has come through a seriously challenging time of seeking God's purpose in creating our lives). But anyway, the story of the building gets more interesting: beneath the church is a cellar which in the past was hired out to local merchants, one of them a wine merchant. Because of this, the following was "graffiti'd" onto the walls of the church:

There's a spirit above and a spirit below,
The spirit above is the spirit of love,
The spirit below is the spirit of woe,
The spirit above is the spirit divine,
The spirit below is the spirit of wine.


So not just a venue but a building with a story. And as it goes, History is His story. So i'm guessing another beautiful story lies ahead in the partnership with Common Ground innercity church.

(Image by Mervyn Hector on Flickr)

beautiful cd covers

imogen heap
muse (loving listening to this at the mo too)
the used
air pocket symphony
mae

style deficit disorder

a new coffee table book: the street-level fashion scene and influential designers in harajuku, tokyo (stockist & pics: astore)

my style icons

yasmin sewell
nina garcia (she has the best rings. and hair!)
carine roitfeld (possibly wears as much black as me :)

(photos by the sartorialist)

vz stache

ordered and in the post - von zipper, stache, vibrations gradient

interesting people in their creative spaces

i just adore this picture. it's from the london home of lucy chadwick and duffy. taken by todd selby