Michelle Boonzaaier, Author at IAM Ministries | Inclusive & Affirming Ministries (IAM)

Activism from a place of rest and reflection

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Oct 11, 2021 | Reflections

Michelle Boonzaaier, IAM Programs Manager At the end of August, IAM took part in the 5th Annual Pan-African ILGA (PAI) regional conference with the theme, Reclaiming Our Past, Defining Our Future. I was invited to participate as a panelist in the interfaith...

Reinterpreting ancient texts to end the violence against LGBTIQ+ people

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Jul 8, 2021 | Reflections

Michelle Boonzaaier is Inclusive and Affirming Ministries (IAM) Senior Program Manager. Over the past weeks and months, the bodies of lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people in South Africa have been mutilated. Our siblings are still...

What I’ve learned about transformation from living alongside mental illness

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Oct 29, 2020 | Reflections

October is mental health awareness month. In the various spaces that I navigate, especially Christian faith spaces, we are often faced with silence around mental health. For this reason I am often cautious to mention that I have been living alongside depression for...

IAM at 25: Our university and seminary partnerships

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Jun 19, 2020 | Academic partnerships, Impact, Reflections

by Michelle Boonzaaier, IAM Program Manager IAM’s partnerships with tertiary institutions – universities and seminaries – have both informed our work and been a vehicle through which we have worked with future leaders. We began our first partnership with Stellenbosch...

I Pray that Hope is Around the Corner for All

by Michelle Boonzaaier | Apr 10, 2020 | Reflections

By Michelle Boonzaaier, IAM Program Manager As I reflect on Resurrection Sunday, we find ourselves situated in day thirteen of lockdown in South Africa due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with reflections on Resurrection Sunday and COVID-19, I am aware that the...