THE GRACE OF FRIENDSHIPS “I am indeed truly blessed,” thought Mora. She was grateful for what she had just witnessed. Mama was on her merry way to ninety and was still very young at heart. She was attending a birthday party with some of her friends. These were women who had spent their teenage years together and, more than seventy

ENABLED TO ENABLE Who has God enabled you to enable? I was writing my mother’s obituary when a Tuesday article found me. I was trying to find the right words to describe my father and his place in my mother’s life when I wrote a simple sentence: He was the one whom God enabled to enable her. And then I

LET SOMEBODY ELSE BRING THE POT.  Last week, I found myself in a most unusual place. For reasons beyond my control, I had nothing prepared for The Place of Praise. Now, if you know anything about me, you will know that I take this weekly assignment very seriously. It is always a delight, a privilege and an honour to share

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MRS MODUPE OLUFUNMILAYO JAIYESIMI 1936–2026 GOD WANTS US TO GET HOME SAFE There is something very humbling about learning. It often transports us to our younger years, when learning was the order of the day. We learned to walk, to speak, to read, to write and so much more. I fondly look back on when I

DON’T CONCLUDE THE STORY YET.  Bankole’s mother was out for coffee with an old friend. “I really don’t know what else to do,” she lamented. “He’s doing so well in his career, and I’m very proud of him. But he simply doesn’t seem interested in settling down. I have seen him out with a few ladies every once in a

AGGRESSIVE PEACE.  Aggressive and peace are not two words we would ordinarily expect to find sitting beside each other. Aggression suggests force, determination and an unwillingness to back down. Peace, on the other hand, sounds like being in a quiet, restful place. Yet lately I have discovered that sometimes peace needs to be aggressive. We must not allow the devil

STIR YOURSELF UP! There are seasons in life when we simply cannot afford to settle. I heard a statement recently while listening to a teaching by Andrew Wommack, and it stopped me in my tracks. It goes like this: “You have to stir yourself up, or you’ll sink to the bottom.” Think about something mixed into liquid. If it is

PUT IT ON HIS TAB. Dear friends, I am so happy to bring you the best news yet. JESUS PAID THE PRICE! Imagine taking a friend out for lunch at a very nice restaurant because you promised her a treat. You enjoy the meal, the laughter and the fellowship. Eventually, the waiter brings the bill. You glance at it and,

WHAT HAS HE PUT IN YOUR HANDS? Lately, I have been thinking a great deal about stewardship. As I meditated on it, I found myself looking again at what Jesus Himself had to say. I would love to share what I discovered. Three parables in Scripture teach us about stewardship: the Parable of the Talents, the Parable of the Faithful

MOP IT UP. .. AND MOVE RIGHT ON.  A shop owner sat quietly at the kitchen island, staring into space. “How could I have been so careless?” she thought. Things had been disappearing from her store for months, yet she hadn’t noticed until last week when she searched every nook and cranny, every inch of her office, and did not