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NEW THING: NEW GLORY, NEW VICTORY

God says, “I am making a way for you to go through the desert, streams of water in the dry and empty (wasteland)…” Isaiah 43:19. Isaiah wrote to the Israelites at a bleak period in their history. In captivity, they have lost everything…

I HAVE A DAD

I HAVE A DAD A story goes like this: A woman had an irreconcilable problem with her husband and she moved out and took with her their little son. They returned to the woman’s family. The boy joined…

Every Problem Has Expiry Date

“In times of difficulty you may feel that you problems will go on and on, but they won’t. Every mountain has a top. Every problem has a life span. The question is, who is going to give in first; the frustration or you?” by Reverend Robert…

THE TRIALS OF LIFE

TRIAL Even though some use trial and temptation interchangingly, there appear to be different in meanings. Trials are described as testing signifying the difficult circumstances, painful events and surprise set backs that plaque us all .…

WHEN LOVE TURNS SOUR: IS MURDER THE ANSWER?

When love turns sour: is murder the answer? In 2003, The African News Digest, a Weekly Newspaper published in four consecutive weeks my article titled: When the head becomes the bottom . That was a wake up call but fell on the rocks.…

LIVING LIFE WITH THE END IN PERSPECTIVE

LIVING LIFE WITH AN END IN PERSPECTIVE This subject is an unpopular one; we hear only at wakes and funerals. But believe you or not, one day you are going to die.  It’s the portion of every living thing. The…

TRADITION: – Its merits and limitations – Part 1

TRADITION – Its merits and limitations As part of her yearly tradition, the Christian faith world -wide observes ‘Lent’ period, which commenced on Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday. It’s a forty-day period of deep reflection on…

IMPORTANCE OF ORA; HISTORY [TELLING OUR TALES]

IMPORTANCE OF ORAL HISTORY           When I was a kid, story telling was a tradition. Young people often gathered around elderly persons or parents who told them moonlight tales. The tales revolved around creation, nature, origin and…

HOW TO COPE WITH THE CHARACTER OF A WOMAN

HOW TO COPE WITH THE CHARACTER OF A WOMAN   One has described marriage as a parcel which you possess without indept knowledge of the content.  Whatever you see when you open it, you take.  This appears a defeatist approach but believe…

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