SEED TIME AND HARVEST In most orthodox churches , it’s the harvest season.  I grew up in an Anglican Church and last week was our Annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service. It was indeed an uplifting and refreshing time. All church groups took turns to dance forward with thanksgiving and praises bringing their gifts before the Lord (of the Harvest) in appreciation

THERE IS NO NEED TO FEAR! “Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.” 1 Kings 19:3 NLT Yes, you better believe it! The great prophet Elijah was afraid! He felt FEAR! That crippling, confusing, destructive emotion and feeling. So Elijah was aware that Jezebel

HOLD ON TO THE KEY! Over the weekend I heard of a family who locked themselves out of their home. Their father had gone out and on his return everyone was excited to have him back and they all went out to welcome him home along with their nine month old baby and his nanny. In their excitement nobody had

THE RAISON D’ETRE – THE REASON FOR BEING A couple of months ago, our church orchestra treated us to some instrumentals from the soundtrack of the musical “Sound of Music.” It was both surprising and refreshing at the same time.  It brought back very fond memories of my childhood. I suddenly recalled the words of one of the songs and

YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE! I am currently reading a book titled “Treasure in Jars of Clay” by Claudio Freidzon. The title has inspired this article. Has anyone ever made you feel small. Have you ever felt  that you were not good enough for something or someone?  Do you sometimes feel that you are never going to amount to anything? Do

PLEASE QUIT COMPLAINING There is a hymn I have been singing a lot lately. I had learnt it in my native language, Yoruba, as a child.  I had only always paid attention to the words of the first stanza. But having to sing all the stanzas everyday for the past month, my eyes opened to the depth of their lyrics.

DO NOT GIVE UP; YOU CAN DO IT Growing up as a child,  I never learnt to ride a bicycle because I had a nasty accident one time and our mum decided that was that with bicycles  (I was a real tomboy and had sustained too many physical injuries doing all sorts). So about a couple of weeks ago my

THE LILY OF THE VALLEY – ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL! In Nigeria where I live, it’s the time of the year we refer to as “the rainy season”.  This season lasts for about seven months starting from sometime at the end of March till the end of October. However, there is usually a dry spell during the month of August which is

WE ARE COVERED. I live in Lagos, Nigeria and right now in my country security has become a very big issue. We can no longer move around as we please without first taking into account our destination and where we might have to travel through to get there. It really is worrisome. Private homes now have fences raised high with